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Montana State men tabbed with No. 14 seed, will face Texas Tech in NCAA tourney

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The Montana State men's basketball team will be a No. 14 seed in the West region of the upcoming NCAA tournament as revealed during the Selection Sunday show on CBS.

MSU will take on No. 3 Texas Tech (25-9) on Friday, March 18 in San Diego.

The Bobcats (27-7) won their first Big Sky Conference tournament championship since 1996 on Saturday, clinching the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. It will be the fourth-ever appearance in the tournament for the Bobcats.

Texas Tech finished the regular season in third place in the Big 12 Conference and lost to Kansas 74-65 in the Big 12 championship game on Saturday.