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LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 12: The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners celebrates after beating the New Mexico State Aggies 57-54 during the championship game of the Western Athletic Conference Basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena on March 12, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by John Gurzinski/Getty Images)
A longtime NCAA Division I program will meet one with a much shorter history at the top level of college basketball in the first round Friday.
Oklahoma earned a No. 2 seed and face Cal State Bakersfield, the 2016 WAC tournament champions, in the first round of the 2016 NCAA tournament.