From March 3–5, students may have noticed that the CRC basketball courts were closed. That weekend, Tech hosted the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Championship Series Regional Basketball Championship. NIRSA was founded in 1950 by representatives from 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Now, NIRSA holds intramural tournaments in basketball, flag football, soccer, tennis and cricket for college students. NIRSA also hosts regional and national conferences centered around increasing participation in campus recreation programming.
The regional basketball tournament featured both men’s and women’s pool and bracket play with teams representing colleges from all over the southern United States.