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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The bracket for the 2024 GAC Tournament in Bentonville, Ark. is set, and No. 8 seed Henderson State will play No. 5 seed Arkansas Tech in the first round at 10:30 a.m. at the Tiger Athletic Complex in Bentonville, Ark. 

This year's tournament features a new format, with the top two seeds, Oklahoma Baptist (1) and Southern Nazarene (2), getting a two-game bye to the semifinals. Additionally, the No. 3 and 4 seeded teams, Harding and Southern Arkansas, earned a one-game bye and will face the winners of the first round of games.

Following game one, the winner of the HSU and ATU contest will play again later that Thursday against Southern Arkansas at 3:30 p.m. in the first quarterfinal contest. The winner of that game will then face Oklahoma Baptist in the semifinals on Friday at noon.

On the other side of the bracket, No. 6 Southeastern Oklahoma State faces No. 7 Arkansas-Monticello in game two of the first round at 1 p.m. on Thursday and the winner will advance to the quarterfinals to play Harding at 6 p.m. later that day. The winner of the quarterfinal match up will move onto the semifinals on Friday against Southern Nazarene at 2:30 p.m. 

The championship game for the GAC Tournament will take place on Saturday, May 4 at noon and will be a single elimination game like all of the previous contest.