Raiders will face Virginia in first round of NCAA Tournament

Fresh off the 2026 Horizon League regular season and tournament championships, the Wright State University men’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA Championship for the fifth time in NCAA Division I program history, where the Raiders will take on Virginia on Friday, March 20, at 1:50 p.m.

The game will air on TBS and the Wright State Radio Network. The Raiders learned their opponent Sunday night during the live “Selection Show” on CBS.

The Raiders will take on the Virginia Cavaliers in Philadelphia as part of the Midwest Regional.

Wright State punched its ticket to the NCAA Championship last Tuesday night in comeback fashion with a 66-63 victory over Detroit Mercy in the Horizon League title game, with Kellen Pickett blocking a potential game-tying layup in the closing moments after a pair of late three-pointers from Logan Woods and 19 points from tournament MVP TJ Burch.

The Raiders enter the NCAA Championship with a 23-11 overall record and winners of 18 of their last 22 games.

Wright State won the outright Horizon League regular season and tournament titles in the same season for the first time in program history, while eclipsing the 20-win mark this season for the 15th time in its Division I history.

Ticket information

Ticket request information for following the Raiders in the NCAA Tournament is available at wsuraiders.com/news/2026/3/12/mens-basketball-2026-ncaa-tournament-ticket-request.