McNeese To Face Gonzaga In First Round Of NCAA Tournament

The McNeese Cowboys have punched their ticket to the 2024 NCAA Tournament, and on Sunday, the Pokes found their destination and opponent for the tournament's first round. We have everything you need to know about the Cowboys in the NCAA Tournament!

McNeese held a Selection Show Watch Party on Sunday, and the fans showed up and showed out. Check out the reaction from the Legacy Center when the fans heard McNeese announced!

This will be just the third time in program history that McNeese will participate in the "Big Dance." The Cowboys will be taking on a program that they wish to emulate. McNeese will be facing Gonzaga in Salt Lake City,

The Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games, which will take place in Detroit on Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 31 respectively, are where the Cowboys will be playing in the Midwest.

For just the third time in school history and the first time since 2002, the Cowboys (30-3) will play in The Big Dance. The Cowboys' program has never received a higher seed, and the 12-seed also corresponds with the highest seed a Southland Conference club has received in the previous 40 years (SFA in 2014 and 2015).

Gonzaga (25-7), ranked 17th in the AP poll, took second place in the West Coast Conference and lost the WCC Tournament Championship game to St Mary's, 69-60. It will be the Bulldogs' 26th time participating in the tournament.

The Cowboys will be taking on Gonzaga on Thursday in Salt Lake City. On Thursday, the game will tip off at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 6:25 CT. The game will be broadcast on TBS with Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood, and Dana Jacobson on the call.

Here is the official 2024 NCAA Bracket: