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Where is Kennesaw State located as Owls play in March Madness?
It only took Kennesaw State two seasons in Conference USA to win the league title — even after a 10-10 run through conference play. The Owls rolled through the C-USA Tournament, winning three games in the gauntlet structure all by six points or more.
That gives Kennesaw State the chance to win its first-ever Division I NCAA Men's Tournament game when it takes on Gonzaga late on Thursday night. The Owls were 2004's national champion, but that was back at the Division II level (and came via a series of blowouts. Hoooo, buddy.). Toppling the Bulldogs would open the next chapter of the program's hardwood success, but it won't be easy.
No. 3 Gonzaga looking to control No. 14 Kennesaw State's tempo in NCAA opener: 'Just stay disciplined'
PORTLAND – It didn’t take Antoine Pettway long to phone a friend after Kennesaw State learned who it would be playing in the first round of the program’s second-ever NCAA Tournament.
Pettway still has Nate Oats on speed dial after working on Alabama’s coaching staff for 15 years. Oats became the Crimson Tide’s head coach in 2019, but kept Pettway on his staff for four seasons until Kennesaw State hired the former Alabama guard in 2023.
The third-year coach had seen and scouted Gonzaga when Oats and Mark Few scheduled a multi-year, neutral-site series in 2021 and 2022, but the only player still on the Zags’ roster from either of those teams is Braden Huff, who redshirted in 2022-23 and won’t play in Thursday’s NCAA Tournament opener at Moda Center (7 p.m., TBS) due to a knee injury.
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Portland Bound: Complete Guide to Gonzaga’s First Round NCAA Tournament Matchup With Kennesaw State
Sixteen straight opening round NCAA Tournament wins. Here’s how Gonzaga makes it seventeen on Thursday night.
Gonzaga opens the 2026 NCAA Tournament on Thursday night in Portland, and the No. 14 seed waiting for them has had a season worth knowing about before tipoff.
Kennesaw State arrives as the Conference USA champion, though the road to that title ran through just about everything a basketball program can face in a single year. The Owls lost their leading scorer, preseason C-USA Player of the Year Simeon Cottle, to a federal gambling investigation in January, stumbled to 10-10 in conference play, and entered their own tournament as a six seed. Then they won three games in three days against three higher seeds and cut down the nets.
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