The Cal Poly men’s basketball team has qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in its 20-year history as a Division 1 school.
The squad did so by winning the Big West Conference Tournament Saturday night in Anaheim. Cal Poly enters the NCAA Tournament with a 13-19 record, the worst among 68 participants.
Cal Poly will play Texas Southern (19-14) in an opening round game Wednesday in Dayton Ohio. The winner will play top-seeded and 34-0 Wichita State in St. Louis on Friday.
The Mustangs entered the conference tournament Thursday sporting a 10-19 record and having lost nine of their last 11 games. Cal Poly then blew out UC Santa Barbara Thursday, edged by UC Irvine on Friday and squeaked out a 61-59 win against Cal State Northridge in the championship game Saturday night.
Wednesday’s game against Texas Southern will tip off at 3:40 p.m. TRU TV will broadcast the game.
