The Augustana Men's Basketball team left for Salem, Virginia on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The team had a sendoff party at the Carver Center on the Augustana Campus, where the team plays its home games.
The team is coming off a dominating performance against Marietta. They won Saturday, March 14, 2015 100-51 in the Elite Eight. This is the first time the team has been to the Final Four of the Division Three tournament since 1993. The team is now focused on winning a national championship.
"No one remembers second place, and no one remembers anyone who loses in the first round," Augustana Junior player Tavian Johnson said. "We don't want to be in that position. We've gotten to this position to do something great and to do something special, and I think that's what we're really focused on, and I think we're doing the right things to get that done.
The team plays Babson College Friday, March 20, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. central time. If they win that game, they play in the national championship at 2 p.m. the following day.