Selection Show set for tonight

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- In a matter of hours, pairings for the 25th Annual NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship will be announced on the Live National Championship Selection Show on NAIANetwork.com.

Match ups for the 32-team national tournament, slated for March 9-15 at the Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Mo., will be announced at 6:00 p.m. Central Time, and you can join Head Coach Aaron Jennings and the men's basketball team in 300 Donnelly for the Live Selection Show.

The 17th-ranked Mustangs (25-7) earned an automatic berth in the national tournament by winning the 2016 Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) Men's Basketball Championship, Feb. 26-28, at the U.S. Cellular Center. It's the second-straight appearance at nationals for Mount Mercy, which has also been there three times in four years and four times overall (1996, 2013, 2015, 2016).

Last year, the Mustangs advanced to the second round for the first time in school history, defeating Cal Maritime, 64-61. Mount Mercy fell to eventual Fab Four qualifier Davenport (Mich.), 70-67, in the round of 16.