Marshall to Face Tulane in First Round Wednesday

It will be the third time the Thundering Herd (13-18, 6-10 C-USA) and the Green Wave (18-13, 6-10) will meet in the C-USA Championships, the last two meetings also coming in the 8-9 game. In 2006 it was No. 8 seed Tulane beating No. 9 seed Marshall 64-58 in the first round. In 2008 it was No. 9 seed Tulane defeating No. 8 seed Marshall 48-47.

It will be a rematch of a meeting on Feb. 6 when Tulane beat Marshall 91-75 in New Orleans.

The Herd leads the all-time series with the Green Wave 8-6.

The winner will play No. 1 seed Memphis on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.

All first round games will be broadcast on the C-USA Digital Network. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be shown on CBSSN with the championship game on Saturday shown on CBS.