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The First Four matchup between No. 16 seeds Wright State and visiting Bryant on Wednesday will be a battle between a team with little NCAA Tournament history, and a team with no history at all.

Wright State (21-13) will be making its fourth NCAA appearance. The Raiders are winless in three previous trips, with the latest being a 73-47 first-round loss to Tennessee as a No. 14 seed in 2018.

Despite winning its last five games and capturing the Horizon League title by beating top seed Cleveland State in a semifinal and Northern Kentucky in the championship, Wright State landed in the First Four.

If there’s a silver lining, it’s that the Raiders will have a home advantage playing in Dayton, Ohio.

“I don’t like being a No. 16 seed,” Wright State coach Scott Nagy told the Dayton Daily News. “Obviously, every seed lower just makes it much more difficult to win. But I thought we were going to be a 16. I like the fact we’re playing in Dayton and can get some of the jitters out and maybe win….

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