COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Mid-South Conference Tournament champion Georgetown College must wait to find out its next opponent and that's just fine with the Tigers.

Georgetown (40-2) earns one of the 12 opening round byes and advances to the final site in Sioux City, Iowa, where pool play begins on Dec. 1 at the Tyson Event Center.

The 12 opening-round matches begin on Saturday, Nov. 21 at on-campus sites.

Saturday's 12 winners join the top 12 seeds for six four-team round-robin pools. The winner and runner up of each pool advances into the single-elimination championship bracket.

The Tigers are making their 14th all-time appearance in the national championships. Georgetown 22-35 all-time at the national championships.