The top-seeded Louisville Cardinals begin their quest back to the Final Four on Thursday as they take on the North Carolina A&T Aggies in a NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional second-round matchup at Rupp Arena.

North Carolina A&T (20-16, 8-8 MEAC) will take on top-seeded Louisville in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in the Midwest Regional at Rupp Arena. The game will broadcast live on TBS.

The Aggies boast a five game win streak with their most recent victory on Tuesday night against Liberty. North Carolina A&T defeated the Flames 73-72 to advance to tonight’s game.

The win marked North Carolina A&T’s first-ever NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament victory. The win was also historic for the MEAC. It marked the first time since the conference went Division I in 1980-81 that any of its schools have won games in the NCAA tournament in consecutive years as the Aggies followed Norfolk State's upset win from last season with a win of their own.

Lamont Middleton and Adrian Powell lead the Aggies with 12.4 points per game each while MEAC Defensive Player of the Year Austin Witter is averaging 7.1 rebounds per contest.

Louisville won the BIG EAST title last week with a 78-61 victory over Syracuse. The Cardinals (29-5, 14-4 Big East)

Russ Smith leads Louisville with 18.1 points per game, while Gorgui Dieng is averaging a double-double of 10.0 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.

This is the second meeting between the two schools. Louisville defeated North Carolina A&T 85-51 on December 14, 2004.