Weekend Preview: Tampa Looks to Clinch Playoff Berth

WEEK 13

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7:30 P.M. @ Barry

Saturday, Feb. 25, 4:00 P.M. vs. Florida Tech

Tampa's last week of regular season action.

SSC Teams with National Rankings: #1 Nova Southeastern

Tampa Spartan's Men's Basketball: (8-16, 7-11 SSC), Tied for 8^th in the SSC with Barry

Tampa

• The Spartans won a pivotal matchup this past week to Eckerd to keep their playoff hopes alive; however, they then played the #1 team in the country in Nova Southeastern and received a beat down. Although the Spartans are 8-16 and 7-11 in conference play, their game Wednesday will decide whether they will play in the postseason SSC tournament. Tampa will play for the 8^th seed against Florida Tech on Wednesday. They will follow that game by hosting their final regular season game against Florida Tech at 4 pm on Saturday. Come out to support Senior Day.

Barry Buccaneers

• Despite their losing record and fighting for a postseason spot, the Buccaneers have been playing solid basketball lately. They have won 4 of their last five and sit only one game back of a .500 record. They will host Tampa on Wednesday to look to clinch a postseason berth, and then they will wrap up their regular season play in Lakeland against Florida Southern on Saturday.

Florida Tech Panthers

• Despite their winning record and being ranked 5^th in the SSC as of now, the Panthers have lost three straights, as well as losing to Georgia Tech in an exhibition game this past Saturday. They look to pick up some momentum as they take on Lynn and Tampa this week before starting the SSC tournament in 2 weeks.

Live stats for all games this week can be found at Tampastats.com. 

Live broadcasts for all games this week can be found at TampaSpartans.tv.