And TCU's first NCAA tournament opponent in 20 years is...

TCU will open against Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament.

The Orange held on to beat Arizona State 60-56 Wednesday night in Dayton, Ohio. The teams were playing in one of four play-in games. The sixth-seed Horned Frogs (21-11) play No. 11 Syracuse (21-13) at 8:40 p.m. Friday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

The Orange were 8-10 and finished tied for 10th place in the 15-team Atlantic Cost Conference.

Syracuse took a three-point lead with 1:17 left after trailing for much of the second half. ASU led by seven before Syracuse mounted its comeback. Oshae Brissett led the Orange with 23 points and 12 rebounds.

TCU coach Jamie Dixon knows Syracuse well after coaching Pittsburgh in the same conferences for 13 seasons. The Frogs last played in the NCAA tournament in 1998. The last time TCU won an NCAA Tournament game was 1987, when Dixon was the Frogs' starting point guard.

The Frogs are 0-4 all-time against the Orange. The last time they played was Dec. 3, 2005, an 80-64 Syracuse win.

"This [TCU] team is a really, really good offensive team, I think much better than any that I can remember at Pittsburgh," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "This team has got multiple guys that can score and it's a really good rebounding team."

At Pittsburgh, Dixon was 15-6 and won his last five games against Syracuse. He was especially effective at attacking Boeheim's 2-3 zone defense.

"I have great respect for Coach Boeheim, and we can talk basketball and about different things," Dixon said during Thursday's media press conference. Dixon and Boeheim, 73, became close after Boeheim invited him along on various events and speaking engagements. "So obviously I respect him for all the wins and I think everybody knows about that, but more for all the things he does outside basketball," Dixon said. "And how invited me in and pointed me in the right way."

Syracuse guard Frank Howard, a junior, remembers playing Dixon's Pittsburgh teams well.

"I know Coach Dixon is a great coach. And I know I'm 0-3 against him," he said. "We're looking to get one tomorrow and we know it will be a tough game."

No. 6 TCU vs. No. 11 Syracuse

This story was originally published March 14, 2018 at 10:35 PM with the headline "And TCU's first NCAA tournament opponent in 20 years is...."