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| CAL STATE L.A.'s MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM LOS ANGELES, CA-The Cal State L.A. men's basketball team was selected as the No. 6 seed in the West Region for the 2000 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament, it was announced yesterday via a conference call. All West Region games will be hosted by No. 1-seeded Seattle Pacific in Seattle, WA. This will be the second time Cal State L.A. has been to the NCAA Tournament under fourth-year head coach Dave Yanai. In 1998, the Golden Eagles defeated Grand Canyon 58-53, then lost to the eventual national champions UC Davis 53-51 on the Aggies' home court. Prior to that, the Golden Eagles earned an invitation to the 1995 NCAA Tournament, where they defeated CS Bakersfield in the first game, 70-66 in overtime. Cal State L.A. then lost to Pacific West Conference representative Seattle Pacific 76-68. Back then, a third place game was played in which the Golden Eagles defeated UC Davis, winning 78-74. Only twice in the University's history of men's basketball has a Cal State L.A. team advanced beyond regional play. During the 1956-57 and 1958-59 seasons, under head coach Sax Elliott, Cal State L.A. advanced to the Final Four and finished with a 20-12 and 20-9 overall record, respectively. In fact, Cal State L.A. won its first and only conference title in 1959 with an 8-2 clip and received the league's automatic bid into postseason competition. This year, the Golden Eagles ended their regular-season with a 19-8 record (19 is the most wins since the 1958-59 season) and a tied for second place 16-6 conference mark (16 is the most conference wins in University history). Cal State L.A. will play CS San Bernardino on Thursday, March 9 at 5:30p.m. Below is the West Region schedule. Thursday, March 9 Friday, March 10 Saturday, March 11 For more details, call the Cal State L.A. Sports Information office at 323-343-5308.
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