Top Of The Morning To Ya. Who doesn’t love a little cheese?

There will be plenty available for Trojan Nation as Troy heads to the land of the cheese heads for the Big Dance!

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🏀 Battlin’ Big Blue
🥎 Finishin’ Strong
⚾️ Opening Act
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Battlin’ Big Blue. Last week, we punched our ticket. Now, we’ve got our dancing partner.

The Trojans are headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017 and will be the 14th-seed in the Midwest Region.

Troy drew the third-seeded Wildcats of Kentucky and will battle Big Blue on Friday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. Tip time is set for 6:10 pm CST.

Tipoff time and broadcast details will be announced at a later date. The game will also be available to watch on the NCAA March Madness Live App, Max and Paramount+. 

Troy (23-10) earned the Sun Belt's automatic bid after winning the conference championship on Monday night in Pensacola, Fla., thanks to a 94-81 victory over Arkansas State. The Trojans' 23 wins are there most since the 2003-04 season. Troy enters March Madness with a six-game winning streak and won all three of its Sun Belt Tournament games by 13 or more points.

🏀 Looking At The First Round Matchup

🔼 Finishin’ Strong. It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.

That might have been the slogan for the Troy softball team this weekend, who bounced back after a tough opening extra-inning showdown against the Chanticleers of Coastal to grab back-to-back victories and claim the Sun Belt Series.

CCU entered the weekend ranked #19 in the RPI, but the Trojans used the offense to power past them on Saturday (12-4) and another gem for Alyssa Faircloth to roll to a 5-1 win on Sunday.

🥎 Game 1 Recap: Coastal Carolina 3, Troy 1

🥎 Game 2 Recap: Troy 12, Coastal Carolina 4

🥎 Game 3 Recap: Troy 5, Coastal Carolina 1

🔼 Opening Act. Winning on the road is never easy, so you can picking up a road conference series to kick off league action is always a great start.

The 18th-ranked Trojans did exactly that, grinding out a 4-3 victory on Friday and following it up with an 8-5 series-clinching win on Saturday to take two-of-three from the Ragin’ Cajuns.

Captain America Brooks Bryan led the way with six hits, including two long balls for Troy.

⚾️ Game 1 Recap: #18 Troy 4, Louisiana 3

⚾️ Game 2 Recap: #18 Troy 8, Louisiana 5

⚾️ Game 3 Recap: Louisiana 18, #18 Troy 14

🏆 GRAB YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP GEAR!

Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is, yet again sophomore southpaw Alyssa Faircloth. After two gems last week, Faircloth continued her hot streak, allowing just five hits and two earned runs in 16 innings of work over the weekend against Coastal Carolina. The Northport, Ala. native helped the Trojans pick up a huge conference series victory and improved to 9-3 on the year.

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🤔 TROY TRIVIA

The current #18 national ranking for the Troy baseball program is tied for the highest-ever as a Division I program.

Which other season did the Trojans reach #18 in the polls?

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*All times Central

Monday, March 17th
⛳️ Women’s Golf at WKU Spring Break Shootout (Dade City, Fla.)
⛳️ Men’s Golf at All-American Intercollegiate (Humble, Texas)

Tuesday, March 18th
⚾️ #18 Baseball at UAB @ 1pm l Listen l Live Stats
⛳️ Women’s Golf at WKU Spring Break Shootout (Dade City, Fla.)
⛳️ Men’s Golf at All-American Intercollegiate (Humble, Texas)

Friday, March 21st
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. #3 Kentucky @ 6:10pm (Fiserv Forum - Milwaukee, Wisc.)
⚾️ #18 Baseball vs. Coastal Carolina @ 6pm | ESPN+ l Listen l Live Stats
🥎 Softball at Southern Miss @ 6pm l Listen l Live Stats
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Florida State Match Up (Tallahasee, Fla.)
👟 Track & Field at USF Alumni Invitational

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2011.

⚔️ Let’s Get This Week Started!