Southwest Tennessee Community College will host the Tennessee Community College Athletic
Association (TCCAA)/National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region VII
men's and women's basketball tournament next week at the Verties Sails Gymnasium on the Union Avenue Campus.
Community college teams from across the state of Tennessee will compete in the tournament
which begins on March 3 and ends with the championship games on March 7. In addition
to the host institution Southwest, other participating teams include Chattanooga State,
Cleveland State, Columbia State, Dyersburg State, Jackson State, Motlow State, Roane
State, Walters State and Volunteer State. Tournament champions advance to the NJCAA National Tournament March 16-21 in Hutchinson, Kansas, (men) and Salina, Kansas,
(women).
The tournament's top seeds are TCCAA regular season champions Southwest (men) and Walters State (women). The Southwest
men are ranked 11th in the most recent NJCAA Division 1 Poll while the Walters State women are ranked 8th.