ST. LOUIS – Billiken fans are invited to a public send-off for the SLU men's basketball team on Tuesday, March 17, at the O'Loughlin Family Champions Center. 

Fans should arrive at 11 a.m. for the 11:15 a.m. send-off. 

The Billikens are heading to Buffalo, N.Y., for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. They take on Georgia on Thursday night in an 8:45 p.m. CT tipoff on CBS.