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The University of Illinois is pleased and honored to host the 35th National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. This purpose of this letter is to share with you helpful information about your stay in Champaign-Urbana. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Stephen Fisher (stephen.fisher89@gmail.com) or Maureen Gilbert (mlgilbrt@illinois.edu; 217-333-4607) with questions.
Tournament Location
The NIWBT will be held in the historic Huff Hall Gym
Huff Hall
1206 S. Fourth St.
Champaign, IL 61820
Parking: Parking will be very limited during the week day hours from 8:00am-5:00pm. The lot adjacent to Huff Hall is a rental lot. IF you park in that lot before 4:00pm, you will be issued a $50.00 ticket. Saturday parking in that lot is available. There are metered spaces along Fourth St., in the parking lot at the corner of 6th & Gregory, in the ARC parking lot, in the Law Building parking lot (corner of Pennsylvania & 4th) and other locations. For team busses and vans, you should direct your drivers to the far south end of the E-14 lot (http://www.parking.illinois.edu/campus_map/parkingmap.pdf). Spectators are also welcome to purchase a day parking pass (especially for Friday). They may purchase that pass through the UI Parking Department (http://www.parking.illinois.edu/visitorparkinginfo.htm).
Loading and Unloading Equipment: Busses should stop on the North side of Huff Hall on Gregory St. for teams to unload/load through the North East doors. Please do not attempt to have the driver pull into the parking lot.
Tournament RESULTS:
Thursday, March 8th
3pm - Game 1 – Men's: #4 University of Illinois 59 vs #5 University of Missouri 52
5pm - Game 2 – Men's: #2 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 84 vs #7 Edinboro University 21
7pm - Game 3 – Men's: #3 University of Alabama 69 vs #6 Southwest Minnesota State University 32
Friday, March 9th
9am - Game 4 – Women's #1 University of Alabama 49 vs #4 Edinboro University 21
11am - Game 5 – Women's #2 University of Wisconsin – Whitewater 61 vs #3 University of Illinois 43
1pm - Game 6 – Edinboro University 27 vs Southwest Minnesota State University 63 (7th place)
3pm - Game 7 – Men’s University of Illinois 56 vs #1 University of Texas – Arlington 50 (Semi-Final #1)
5pm - Game 8 – Men’s University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 92 vs University of Alabama 65 (Semi-Final #2)
7pm - Game 9 – Southwest Minnesota State University 36 6th place vs University of Missouri 71 5th place
Saturday, March 10th
8am - Women’s Consolation Game - Edinboro University 15 vs University of Illinois 58 3rd place
10am - Men’s Consolation Game - University of Texas-Arlington 62 3rd Place vs University of Alabama 58
12pm - Women’s Championship Game - University of Alabama 34 vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 63 1st Place
2pm - Men’s Championship Game - University of Illinois 60 vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 101 1st Place
Team Finish:
Men
1 – University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2 – University of Illinois
3 – University of Texas-Arlington
4 – University of Alabama
5 – University of Missouri
6 – Southwest Minnesota State University
7 – Edinboro University
Women
1 - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2 - University of Alabama
3 - University of Illinois
4 - Edinboro University
The 35th NIWBT is proudly sponsored by:
The University of Illinois Employee Credit Union
United Access