{"id":25083,"date":"2026-03-03T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=25083"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:22:41","slug":"mens-basketball-hosts-first-round-playoff-contest-7-p-m-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/03\/03\/mens-basketball-hosts-first-round-playoff-contest-7-p-m-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s basketball hosts Horizon League playoff game 7 p.m. Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March Madness is here! After <a href=\"https:\/\/detroittitans.com\/news\/2026\/2\/28\/mens-basketball-titans-knock-off-oakland-to-clinch-home-playoff-game.aspx\">downing Oakland in its regular-season finale Saturday<\/a>, the Detroit Mercy men&#8217;s basketball team hosts a first-round playoff game at <strong>7 p.m. Wednesday, March 4<\/strong> inside of Calihan Hall on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans, the No. 3 seed in the Barbasol Horizon League Championship, will host eighth-seeded Milwaukee in Detroit. <a href=\"https:\/\/detroitmercytitans.universitytickets.com\/w\/\">Tickets start at $10 and may be purchased here<\/a>. Detroit Mercy students can gain <strong><em>FREE<\/em><\/strong> entry with their student ID. Doors of Calihan Hall open at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The red, white and blue finished the regular-season winners in five of their last six contests and are 15-14 and 12-8 in the Horizon League entering postseason play. Detroit Mercy won both regular-season meetings with Milwaukee (12-19) in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/horizonleague.org\/tournaments\/?id=105\">The 2026 Barbasol Horizon League Basketball Championships <\/a>will culminate with second round, semifinal and championship games March 8-10 at the Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis, Ind.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/detroittitans.com\/news\/2026\/2\/28\/mens-basketball-2026-barbasol-hlmbb-championship-bracket-set-as-titans-get-3rd-seed-host-milwaukee-on-wednesday.aspx\">Full information.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25084\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/mbb-march.png?resize=993%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A graphic with four players celebrating inside of the Calihan Hall locker room. Text reads, 'MARCH. IS. HERE. 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 4, Calihan Hall, No. 8 Milwaukee at No. 3 Detroit Mercy.'\" width=\"993\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/mbb-march.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/mbb-march.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/mbb-march.png?resize=978%2C550&amp;ssl=1 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/mbb-march.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March Madness is here! After downing Oakland in its regular-season finale Saturday, the Detroit Mercy men&#8217;s basketball team hosts a first-round Horizon League playoff game at 7 p.m. Wednesday inside of Calihan Hall. The third-seeded Titans host No. 8 Milwaukee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":25084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,6438,4404],"tags":[357,362,2106,5765,603,717,5107],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/mbb-march.png?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6wz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25083"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25103,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25083\/revisions\/25103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}