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The Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team, winners of the Southern Conference's automatic bid by virtue of winning the league tournament, was named a 15 seed by the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Selection Committee and will play Ohio State on Friday, March 17 in Dayton, Ohio. These two teams played each other in the first round last time Davidson played in the NCAA Tournament in 2002.
More than 400 students and fans gathered with the team in the C. Shaw Smith 900 Room of the Alvarez Student Union to discover what seed the NCAA assigned to the Wildcats. The drama took nearly the entire hour-long show on CBS as Davidson was one of the alst team unveiled in the bracket.
This is the eighth trip to the NCAA Tournament for Davidson, and third under head coach Bob McKillop. When the 'Cats played Ohio State four years ago in the first round as a 13 seed, they nearly pulled off the upset before falling by five points, 69-64.
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