The Hope College men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 25th time in team history after receiving an at-large berth on Monday.
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association-champion Flying Dutchmen will play Mount St. Joseph, Ohio in first-round action at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Tipoff time is 5:30 p.m. Central.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for senior citizens and students. They will go on sale at Augustana Friday at 4 p.m.
Click here for the men's bracket.
This is Hope's fifth postseason appearance in six years and 27th all-time. The Flying Dutchmen played twice in the College Division Tournament in 1959 and 1958.
Hope (23-3) and Mount St. Joseph (18-9) are facing each other for the first time.
The Lions advanced after winning the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament title game against Rose-Hulman, Indiana 93-88 in overtime game last weekend in Defiance, Ohio.
The Flying Dutchmen, who have been nationally ranked all season, received one of 19 at-large berths in the 62-team men's field.
Host Augustana (26-1) will play Westminster, Missouri (12-15) tip off at 7:30 p.m. Central Friday.
Friday's winners meet on Saturday at 7 p.m. Central at Augustana.
Augustana qualified for the NCAA Tournament by being College Conference of Illinois-Wisconsin Tournament champions.
Westminster was the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament winner.