INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.  – For the 17th time in the Division III era and third consecutive season, the Catholic men's basketball program is heading to the NCAA Tournament! The Cardinals earned one of the 21 at-large bids into the 64 team field. It is the second time in program history the program has made the dance in at least three consecutive seasons.

The Cardinals, who have collected 20 wins all-time in the NCAA Tournament, will head to Medford, Mass. for the opening weekend. Catholic will take on the third-seed in the pod, Western Connecticut, on Friday, March 6 with the game time TBA. Joining Catholic and West Conn in the four team pod are the hosts Tufts and the four-seed, Penn State-Harrisburg.

Catholic finished at 23 in the NPI after a 19-7 season that saw them fall to Wilkes in the semifinal of the Landmark Conference Tournament on Thursday night. West Conn finished ranked 56th in NPI after finishing the season with a 21-6 record, defeating Keene State in the LEC Championship Game 84-68 on Sunday afternoon. Tufts ranks ninth in the NPI as the top team in the pod while Penn State-Harrisburg ranks 129 in the ratings.

The Cardinals are coming off a run to the Elite Eight last postseason, collecting victories over Franklin & Marshall, Randolph-Macon and Roanoke, before falling to the eventual national champions in Trinity (Conn.). Catholic has never faced any of three teams in the pod in the NCAA Tournament and it will be the Cardinals first ever matchup against the Wolves.

Catholic is led by senior guard CJ Ruoff, who is third in the Landmark in scoring this season with 19.7 points per game this season, the eighth-best points per game mark in a single season in program history. Senior Brian Herbert has also been a force for the Cardinals this season with 16.7 points per game and he became the 50th 1,000 point scorer in program history earlier this year.