The SMU Mustangs are back in the NCAA Tournament after a one-year ban.
The next step for SMU will be attempting to stay around for more than one game.
The 11th-ranked Mustangs (30-4) won 25 games last season but were excluded from postseason competition because of NCAA infractions committed under former coach Larry Brown.
SMU, which has won at least 25 games every season since 2013-14, is still looking for its first NCAA Tournament victory since 1983. Two years ago, 11th-seeded UCLA bumped the sixth-seeded Mustangs in the first round.
Southern California (25-9) will try to repeat that feat Friday.