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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The No. 5-seeded UWF men's basketball team will take on No. 4-seeded Christian Brothers on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. The winner of Tuesday night's contest will play in the GSC Tournament Semifinals on Saturday, March 4, at the Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham, Alabama against the winner of the No. 1 Valdosta State and No. 8 North Alabama contest.
 
GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT HISTORY

• No. 5-seeded UWF is making its 10^th GSC Tournament appearance and its first since the 2013-14 season.
• The Argos are in search of its first GSC Tournament win since 2012-13, when the Argos defeated North Alabama 82-78 in the GSC Tournament Quarterfinals in Birmingham, Ala.
• The last time UWF met with Christian Brothers in the GSC Tournament was the 2012-13 Semifinals, where Christian Brothers, the eventual GSC Champions, defeated West Florida 66-58.

 
AGAINST THE FIELD

• In 2016-17, the Argos went an even 7-7 against the other seven teams that make the GSC Tournament Field.
• In those 14 games, Deangelo Legrier leads the team in both scoring (15.3 ppg) and rebounds (8.7 rpg).
• West Florida is outshooting its opponents 45.4% to 44.4% in its 14 contests against GSC Tournament participants.
• In addition to Legrier, UWF has four others averaging over 10 points per game, including Rashaan Benson (10.9), Marvin Jones (10.4), Darryl Tucker (10.1) and Jason Laatsch (10.0).
• Tucker and Legrier are leading the way in field goal percentage with impressive 65.5 percent and 62.2 percent success rates, respectively.

 
LEGRIER TABBED ALL-GSC

• Deangelo Legrier became UWF's first All-GSC selection since 2013-14 after earning Second Team honors on Monday.
• The Orlando product leads the team with 13.2 points per game, a 61.1 percent field goal percentage, and is second on the team with 7.1 rebounds per game.
• Legrier is one of just five players to be in the league's top 10 in rebounding and top 20 in scoring.
• He posted five double doubles on the season, including one in his last appearance against Shorter in the regular season finale with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
• Legrier heads into the postseason second in the conference in field goal percentage at 61.1 percent. His conference-only field goal percentage of 59.4 is by far the best in the league, leading second place Charlie Wilson of Union by 4.2 percent
• His season-highs propelled UWF in multiple contests, including a 26-point performance against Shorter in an overtime win on Jan. 7, and a 16-rebound showing against eventual GSC Regular Season Champions Valdosta State on Dec. 12 in a double overtime setback.

 
BURKHAMER NAMED NATIONAL DII COACH OF THE WEEK BY HOOPDIRT

• Head coach Jeff Burkhamer was named HoopDirt.com Division II National Coach of the Week on Tuesday.
• Burkhamer joins BYU's Dave Rose (DI) and MIT's Larry Anderson (DIII) as other NCAA honorees.
• Burkhamer reached a personal milestone on Saturday, as he notched his 400^th career win as a head coach. His wins are divided by 58 from North Greenville College, (NJCAA 1989-1991), 97 wins Santa Fe CC (NJCAA 1994-98), 134 at Armstrong State (DII, Peach Belt, 2002-09), 84 at Lander (DII, Peach Belt, 2009-2015) and 27 at UWF (2015-present).

 
NCAA TOURNEY HOPES

• Ranked No. 6 in the South Region last week, the Argos are hoping for its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth.
• The South Region Tournament field will be made up of three automatic qualifiers, including the GSC, Sunshine State, and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament champions, and five at-large selections.
• The Argos find out its NCAA fate on Sunday, March 5 at 9:30 p.m. CT on the selection show streamed through NCAA.com.
• The regional tournament will be March 10, 11 and 13 at the location of the top seed.

 
#20

• West Florida tied its highest single-season win total in program history with its 20^th win in a 110-103 thriller over Shorter on Saturday. The only other 20-win season for UWF came in 1997-98.
• With that win, the Argos have tied its second-best winning percentage for a single season. UWF's current 20-8 record is identical to its 1997-98 showing for a .714 winning percentage.

 
MILESTONE WATCH

• Deangelo Legrier is just 16 points shy of 900 for his career, and would become the eighth player in program history to accomplish that point total.
• Legrier is also 19 rebounds away from being tied for second place in program history with 580 so far in his career.