The Georgia Gwinnett College men's basketball team will travel to Fullerton, California, to make its first NAIA tournament appearance in a NAIA First and Second Round site being hosted by Hope International University. The 64-team national tournament bracket was announced by the national office on Thursday, March 5.

The No. 14-seeded Grizzlies will face the No. 3-seed Hope International Royals in a Cramer Quadrant game on Friday, March 13, starting at 7:30 p.m. Meanwhile, No. 6 seed Keiser University (Florida) will play No. 11 Oregon Tech at 5:30 p.m. All games are in the pacific time zone.

The site's two First Round winners will advance to a Second Round game on Saturday, March 14. The bracket champion will move onto play in the national finals tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.

"It was an exciting experience seeing us, as a first-year program, being among the teams selected for the NAIA tournament. We're looking forward to the opportunity and challenge. This realizes a goal that I had for the program when hired in August 2024. Lots of things came together to make this a reality," said Head Coach Chase Teichmann.

GGC (25-6) was one of two qualifiers from the Continental Athletic Conference after advancing to the championship game of last weekend's CAC Championship.

Hope International (23-6) is an at-large selection after falling 78-73 to The Master's University (California) in the semifinal round of the Great Southwest Athletic Conference tournament. The Royals are appearing in their fourth straight NAIA tournament.