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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee men's basketball team is making back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time in school history following a second-straight Conference USA Tournament championship on Saturday. The Blue Raiders earned a No. 12 seed and will face No. 5 seeded Minnesota in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday.
"We know Minnesota is going to travel really well, it's kind of Big Ten country in that area," MT head coach Kermit Davis said. "It would make our players feel really good to have a great contingent of Blue there on Thursday.