McNeese State, who earned an automatic bid after winning the Southland Conference, enters with the same record as Clemson. The Cowboys are coached by Will Wade, who is in his second season at McNeese.

The 12th-seeded Cowboys open the NCAA Tournament in Providence, Rhode Island, on Thursday against No. 5 Clemson, Wade's alma mater and the place where he began his coaching career as a graduate ...

Will Wade was a student coach under Oliver Purnell. The McNeese State coach, who follows Dabo Swinney's football program, will face the Tigers in March Madness.

Wade graduated from Clemson in 2005, spending his undergraduate years as a team manager under former Clemson coaches Larry ...

McNeese State coach Will Wade graduated from Clemson in 2005. Despite being away for nearly two decades, he is a devout ...

a former student manager who became a graduate assistant and also a director of basketball operations while working under former head coaches Larry Shyatt and Oliver Purnell.

Join our Survivor Pool to find out Wade is a 2005 Clemson alumnus and coached on former Clemson coaches Larry Shyatt and Oliver Purnell's staffs as a student manager and graduate assistant.

Wade's alma mater and the place where he began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Oliver Purnell. “First time I hear that fight song, I'll twirl my arms on the ‘O-N,’ ” Wade ...

Wade graduated from Clemson in 2005, spending his undergraduate years as a team manager under former Clemson coaches Larry Shyatt and Oliver Purnell's staff. Wade became a graduate assistant in ...