KANSAS CITY, Mo.  –  The NAIA announced Wednesday that the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears will face the No. 1 ranked Georgetown College Tigers in the opening round of the 82nd annual NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship.

Seeded at No. 8 in the Naismith bracket, the Battlin' Bears are currently ranked No. 10 in the NAIA Division 1 for scoring margin and No. 11 for scoring defense per game. The Tigers, seeded at No. 1, rank No. 3 in scoring margin and No. 6 in field goal percentage.

Rocky Mountain College won the national championship in 2009 under head coach Bill Dreikosen. This trip to the national championship will count as the tenth for the Battlin' Bears. They hold a winning percentage of 38.5 percent in the tournament.

Rocky's first game will tip off at 4:45 p.m. on March 20 in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.