All eyes will be on No. 8 seed Creighton's Marcus Foster when the Bluejays face No. 9 seed Kansas State in the NCAA Tournament on Friday.
Foster was dismissed from Kansas State after two years with the team and will face his former squad. Foster transferred to Creighton and is averaging 20.3 points per game for the Bluejays.
Expect him to be motivated to beat coach Bruce Weber, who ended Foster's tenure at K-State.
Creighton (21-11) and Kansas State (22-11) face off in a South Region game in Charlotte Friday night at approximately 5:50 p.m. central (6:50 p.m. EDT).
The game will be televised on TNT.
Live streaming for the NCAA tournament is available via NCAA March Madness Live.
Preview
BOTTOM LINE: Creighton is in the big dance for the second straight season and the fifth time in the last seven seasons, but has not reached the Sweet 16 since 1974. Kansas State won their First Four game against Wake Forest last year before losing to sixth-seeded Cincinnati in the first round.
RETURNING FROM INJURIES: Kansas State all-conference guard Barry Brown and Dean Wade will play Friday after injuries limited their playing time in the Big 12 Tournament. Brown played less than two minutes of a semifinal loss to Kansas after getting poked, while Wade turned his ankle in the quarterfinals and didn't play at all.
ONE TO WATCH: Wildcats shooting guard Makol Mawien had 29 points against Kansas, hitting mid-range jumpers from all over the floor.
COMING HOME: This will be a homecoming for Creighton's Davion Mintz and Tyshawn Alexander, who both grew up in Charlotte. Mintz played here locally at North Mecklenburg High, while Alexander started his prep career in the area before transferring to Oak Hill in Virginia.
THEY SAID IT: "I don't think he was too happy about it. I think he's really going to enjoy the moment when it comes. Probably some revenge. We'll see." -- Mintz on Foster playing his former school, Kansas State.
Friday's evening session schedule
SOUTH: No. 8 Creighton (21-11) vs. No. 9 Kansas State (22-11), 5:50 p.m., TNT
MIDWEST: No. 3 Michigan State (29-4) vs. No. 14 Bucknell (25-9), 6:10 p.m., CBS
WEST: No. 1 Xavier (28-5) vs. No. 16 Texas Southern, 6:20 p.m., TBS
MIDWEST: No. 4 Auburn (25-7) vs. No. 13 College of Charleston (26-7), 6:27 p.m., TruTV
SOUTH: No. 1 Virginia (31-2) vs. No. 16 Maryland-Baltimore County (24-10), approximately 8:20 p.m., TNT
MIDWEST: No. 6 TCU (21-11) vs. No. 11 Syracuse, approximately 8:40 p.m., CBS
WEST: No. 8 Missouri (20-12) vs. No. 9 Florida State (20-11), approximately 8:50 p.m., TBS
MIDWEST: No. 5 Clemson (23-9) vs. No. 12 New Mexico State (28-5), approximately 8:57 p.m., TruTV
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.