FARGO, N.D.-Thursday morning, per the official Twitter account of North Dakota State athletics, the Bison’s men’s basketball team confirmed they will host Utah Valley November 23.

The Bison are coming off a 19-16 season and a Summit League conference tournament championship.

This resulted in the Bison besting North Carolina 78-74 in the First Four and an ultimate 85-62 defeat at the hands of Duke in the next round.

The Wolverines are coming off a 25-10 season (12-4 in WAC play) and a berth in the College Basketball Invitational.

This promises to be one of the stiffer early tests of the Mark Madsen era as the Wolverines will face a Bison squad featuring returning leading scorer, senior guard Vinnie Shahid (13.1 points per game in 2018-19).