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March Madness: Kennesaw State earns No. 14 seed in NCAA tournament

KENNESAW, Ga. — Kennesaw State men’s basketball team is going dancing for the first time and we now know who the Owls will be facing.

Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco is at the Selection Show watch party on Kennesaw State’s campus, where the players, coaches and Owls Nation waited for their name to be called.

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The Atlantic Sun champions earned a No. 14 seed in March Madness and will face No. 3 Xavier in Greensboro, NC on Friday on the Midwest Region side of the bracket.

The full schedule is expected to be released later Sunday night.

The run to March Madness for Kennesaw State is impressive. Just three years ago, the Owls finished 1-28 overall and 0-16 in the conference play during coach Amir Abdur-Rahim’s first season.

Now, the Owls hope to become the latest basketball program in the metro area to become a Cinderella story. Basketball fans may remember when No. 14 Georgia State knocked out No. 3 Baylor in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

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