Cinderella hopefuls FDU, Texas Southern collide in First Four

A pair of unheralded conference champions meet for a chance to battle top-seeded Purdue when Fairleigh Dickinson battles Texas Southern in a First Four play-in game Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio.

Despite losing the Northeast Conference championship 67-66 to top-seeded Merrimack, Fairleigh Dickinson (19-15) earned the conference's automatic bid since Merrimack, making a transition into Division I, is still not eligible for th