Releases from Conference USA, edited for Herd Insider by Woody Woodrum
IRVING, Texas – Two-time Conference USA champion Middle Tennessee will play No. 5 seed Minnesota on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as part of the South Region of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship.
The Blue Raiders, who will be making their ninth NCAA appearance in program history, earned the automatic berth to the tournament by beating Marshall in the 2017 Conference USA Championship presented by MetroPCS. Middle Tennessee registered a school-record 30 wins (30-4) and is making its first back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearance after advancing to the second round a year ago with a 90-81 victory over No.