Last of First Four Games Set for Tonight

The last of the First Four games are on tap in NCAA tournament play tonight, with the winners joining Albany and North Carolina State in advancing in the tournament.

Cal Poly is the most surprising participant in the NCAA field. The 13-19 Mustangs take on Texas Southern, after making an unlikely three-game run to the Big West Conference tournament title.

Texas Southern also made a surprising run into the NCAA tournament field. They were just 5-9 to start 2014, but closed with a nine-game winning streak to take a 19-14 mark into tonight's game.

The second half of the doubleheader in Daytona matches Iowa against Tennessee. Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery has his mind on more than the game. He's left the team to return to Iowa City where is 13-year old son Patrick is set to undergo surgery to remove a thyroid tumor. McCaffery plans to be back in time for tip off.

Iowa takes a 20-12 mark into the game after dropping six of their last seven. Tennessee is 21-12 and have held their last four opponents to an average of 47.4 points a game.