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Kansas City, MO-The Belhaven men's basketball team headed to Kansas City to participate in the Buffalo Funds NAIA National Tournament for the first time since 1972. The Blazers just completed a historic season that saw the team break the school record for most wins in a season with 24. Belhaven finished the regular season in a three way tie for second place in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference with Tougaloo College and William Carey University. The Blazers made a strong GCAC Tournament run losing to LSU-Shreveport 101-94 in the championship game.

Belhaven's 1972 season under Head Coach Charlie Rugg produced the only NAIA National Tournament appearance for the Blazers prior to this year. Belhaven went 22-6 during that season and included victories over Jackson State and Nichols State who are now both NCAA Division I programs. The Blazers opened the 1972 Tourney with a win over Quinnipiac (Conn.) 75-64.

Belhaven was the 16th seed in the 1972 national tournament which has a different seeding format than that of the NCAA Tournament. The field consists of 32 teams with the top 16 earning seeds. Following their win over Quinnipiac, the Blazers met up with Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the second round and lost 59-53 ending their tournament run. Wisconsin-Eau Claire went on to advance to the championship game losing to Kentucky State 71-62.

The Blazers season came to an end in the opening round of the tournament losing to Biola University 66-54.