MSOE basketball to host All-Engineers Classic
| Published: 11/13/2012 |
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The MSOE men’s basketball team will host the fifth All-Engineers Classic Saturday, Nov. 17 and Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Kern Center, 1245 N. Broadway. The tournament will feature four of the nation’s most prominent engineering and technological institutions underneath one roof.
In addition to MSOE, other Division III opponents include Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology of Terre Haute, Ind.; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) of Troy, N.Y.; and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) of Pasadena, Calif.
The tournament will begin at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17 when Rose-Hulman takes on RPI. MSOE and Caltech will battle at 6 p.m. The consolation game will be played Sunday, Nov. 18 at 1 p.m., and the championship game will be at 3 p.m. While all four schools are well known for their academic reputation, they all have well established athletic programs at the Division III level.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. Tickets may be purchased one hour before each game at the MSOE Kern Center Ticket Office. For more information, contact the MSOE Athletic Office at 414-277-4552.
MSOE is an independent, non-profit university with 2,500 students. MSOE offers 20 bachelor’s degrees and nine master’s degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, building and infrastructure engineering, health-related engineering, computer, business and nursing fields. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; extremely high placement rates; and the highest starting salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.