HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The city of Hutchinson has been, or is, host to several NJCAA postseason events. The gem of that of course is the National Basketball Tournament.

Visit Hutch announced today that the 2018 NJCAA DI Men’s Basketball Championship has won a SportsTravel Award for the Best Single-Sport Event in the Collegiate division. The award was presented at the SportsTravel Awards Ceremony at the national TEAMS Conference, put on by Northstar Travel Group.

 

Other events nominated in the Single Sport Event category were the Big Ten Football Championship in Indianapolis; NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship in Orange Beach, Alabama; the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California; and the Tucson Invitational Games in Tucson, Arizona.

The dates for the 2019 NJCAA DI Basketball Championship are March 18-23 at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.