Utah State (26-7) will face UCLA (22-10) at 7:25 MT Thursday at 20,545-seat Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington. The winner of Thursday’s game between the Aggies and Bruins will then face the winner of the 4:50 p.m. MT matchup between No. 2 Tennessee (27-7) and No. 15 Wofford (19-15) on Saturday.

Utah State is heading back to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season with a third new coaching staff. The No. 10 Aggies will play No. 7 UCLA on Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky. Should Utah State win that matchup,

BYU will stay close to home, Utah State will not, and both have tall tasks in their first-round matchups as the NCAA released the men’s national tournament brackets in its traditional CBS TV broadcast Sunday.