UNCW holds watch party for Seahawks NCAA 1st Round game

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The UNCW Seahawks are playing in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament.

Hundreds of students gathered for a watch party at the Burney Center on campus.

The 14th-seeded Seahawks are taking on the 3rd-seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders.

This is the first March Madness appearance for the Seahawks since 2017, when they lost to Virginia.

Sophomore UNCW student John Harrison-Kiger said it’s special getting to watch and cheer on the team.

“Making sure that we can support our athletics and just being able to be on this stage and have this opportunity is more than a blessing and we’re so thankful just to have the opportunity to celebrate our school, our wonderful student-athletes and show them what its like to be here in Wilmington, North Carolina,” Harrison-Kiger said. “Isn’t that right?! “Yeah!!!,” shouted a group of students.

Over 350 students attended the watch party.

The UNCW online bookstore has lots of apparel they’re selling to celebrate the Seahawks being a part of this year’s March Madness.