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In leading the 12th-ranked EMCC Lions to the school’s first appearance in the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, third-year head coach Mark White has been named the 2009-10 NJCAA District 15 Coach of the Year.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. –- On the eve of making the school’s first appearance in the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, East Mississippi Community College head coach Mark White has been named the 2009-10 NJCAA Division I/District 15 Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year for his team’s accomplishments this season.  White received the honor at Monday night’s pre-tournament player appreciation banquet in Hutchinson, Kan.

In his third season with a 54-30 career record at the EMCC men’s basketball helm, White has guided the 2009-10 Lions to a 26-5 overall record heading into this week’s NJCAA Tournament.  Having taken over a men’s basketball program with just six total wins in the two seasons combined prior to his arrival in Scooba in 2007, White led his first East Mississippi club to a respectable 11-14 mark in 2007-08.  A year ago, the Lions improved to 17-11 overall and finished the regular season tied for second place in the MACJC’s North Division prior to advancing to the semifinals of both the state and regional tournaments in 2009.

As this year’s MACJC North Division regular-season champions and winners of the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament, the 12th-ranked Lions are in Kansas this week (March 16-20) making the school’s first appearance in the men’s national basketball tournament.  EMCC begins tournament play Tuesday by taking on Brunswick (NC) at 2 p.m. CT at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.  With a win Tuesday, the Lions would advance to meet the winner of the Navarro College (TX)-Middle Georgia College contest in Wednesday’s championship bracket play at 8 p.m. CT.  The losers of these respective first-round games will face each other in consolation play Thursday at 10 a.m. CT.

All 26 games of this week's NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will be available live over the Internet.  NJCAA TV (www.njcaa.org/tv) is set to video stream the entire tournament through its broadcasting partner Panhandle Sports Broadcasting.   Hutchinson's own KWBW 1450 AM Radio will provide play-by-play audio with PSB handling the video production.

Fans will also be able to follow the five-day tournament by visiting www.njcaabbtrny.org to access official brackets, live stats, game results, and additional information about the tournament.   



  
Last Updated ( Monday, 15 March 2010 )
 
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