From NYU Athletics

The New York University men's basketball team, which finished the regular season with a 17-8 overall record and a third-place (8-6) mark in the University Athletic Association (UAA), has received a bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metro Championship and will host a first-round contest.

The announcement was made on Monday afternoon, March 2.

The Violets, back in the ECAC Tournament for the third straight season, are seeded #3 in the eight-team tournament and will host #6 Rutgers University-Camden,(14-11, 8-10 New Jersey Athletic Conference) on Wednesday night, March 4 at 8:00 pm at the Jerome S. Coles Sports Center in Manhattan. It will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools. 

The winner of the match-up between NYU and the Scarlet Raptors will play the winner of the #2 Rutgers University-Newark and #7 York (NY) College contest on Saturday, March 7 (time TBA).

Below are the eight participants in the ECAC Championship:
#1 - Brooklyn College (22-6, 12-4 CUNYAC)
#2 - Rutgers-Newark (18-9, 11-7 NJAC)
#3 - NYU (17-8, 8-6 UAA)
#4 - Lehman College (18-9, 12-4 CUNYAC)
#5 - College of Staten Island (17-9, 11-5 CUNYAC)
#6 - Rutgers-Camden (14-11, 8-10 NJAC)
#7 - York (14-13, 8-8 CUNYAC)
#8 - Centenary College (15-11, 11-7 CSAC)