The Drake University men's basketball team begins its fifth NCAA Tournament trip Thursday evening against Wichita State.
The two former longtime Missouri Valley Conference rivals meet in their First Four matchup at 5:27 p.m. CDT at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind. The contest will be televised on TBS.
The winner of Thursday's First Four game advances to face No. 6 seed USC Saturday at 3:30 p.m. CST in the West Region.
Drake enters March Madness with a 25-4 record after finishing second in the MVC with a school-record 15 league wins to earn the program's first-ever at-large selection to the NCAA Tournament field.