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Ian Converse
  • mechanical engineering
  • Class of 2017
  • Woodstock, Conn.

Ian Converse of Woodstock, Conn., Helps WPI Earn NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship At-Large Berth

2015 Mar 2

Ian Converse has contributed to the success of the WPI Men's Basketball team and its at-large berth to the 2015 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship.

For the ninth time in the last 11 years, the WPI men's basketball program will be participating in the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament. The Engineers nabbed a coveted Pool C bid into the 62-team tournament and begin play Friday in a first round contest against host St. John Fisher at time to be announced.

WPI is 21-5 on the season and ranked 12th in the most recent D3hoops.com Top 25. The Engineers finished second in the competitive NEWMAC, which received three bids to the tournament, before falling to Springfield Saturday in the conference tournament semifinals. The 2015 tournament will mark the tenth time WPI has reached the NCAA Tournament, with all nine coming in the last 11 seasons under head coach Chris Bartley.

Game times and ticket information for this weekend's first and second round games will be announced shortly. The WPI-St. John Fisher winner will take on the Amherst-Sage winner Saturday evening at 7pm.

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Founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities. Its 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. WPI's talented faculty work with students on interdisciplinary research that seeks solutions to important and socially relevant problems in fields as diverse as the life sciences and bioengineering, energy, information security, materials processing, and robotics. Students also have the opportunity to make a difference to communities and organizations around the world through the university's innovative Global Perspective Program. There are more than 40 WPI project centers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.