The University of South Alabama Men's Basketball Team (26-6) has been invited to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years. The 10th-seeded Jags will head north on I-65 to play No. 7 Butler (29-3), Friday at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.

South Alabama lost to Middle Tennessee in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament at the Mitchell Center, but still wound up the first league team to receive an at large bid since 1994.

Ronnie Arrow, the Sun Belt coach of the year, has led South Alabama to an NCAA tournament for the third time after coaching the Jaguars from 1988-94. Arrow led the team to an upset of Alabama in the 1989 NCAA Southeast Regional.

will have reaction from Cocach Arrow and the Jags tonight on News 5 at 10:00 p.m.

The NCAA Tournament starts Thursday. CBS and WKRG are your exclusive home of March Madness.