The Owls were selected as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest bracket and will play the winner of 12 seeds California and South Florida on Friday in Nashville, Tenn for the second round of the NCAA tournament.

North Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the Midwest and will play the winner of a first round game between 16 seeds Lamar and Vermont. The No. 2 seeded Kansas Jayhawks will face No. 15 Detroit.

The following matchups round out the Midwest bracket: No. 8 vs. No. 9 Alabama, No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 13 Ohio, No. 7 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 10 Purdue, No. 3 Georgetown vs. No. 14 Belmont and No. 6 San Diego State vs. No. 11 N.C. State.

The other No. 1 seeds in the tournament are Kentucky, Michigan St. and Syracuse.

Three other Atlantic Ten Conference teams earned a spot in the “Big Dance” including No. 9 seed St. Louis, No. 10 seed Xavier and the A-10 tournament champion No. 14 St. Bonaventure.

Drexel was one of the teams left out of the tournament along with Miami, Northwestern, Seton Hall, Mississippi State, Nevada and Washington.