Where is Queens? What to know of Purdue's opponent in Men's NCAA Tournament

Queens is looking to make some noise in its first Men's NCAA Tournament appearance. The No. 15-seeded Royals are set to take on No.

2 Purdue in the first round of March Madness on Friday, March 20, from Enterprise Center in St Louis. Queens won the ASUN Conference Tournament for the first time in program history to qualify for the tournament. REQUIRED READING: One day in and March Madness already its usual marvelous self While just appearing in Friday's game will be a historic moment for the school, which is just in its fourth-year competing at the Division I level, you can imagine that the Royals enter the game with a bigger goal: an upset of the Boilermakers .

For those tuning in to see Queens making history, here's what to know about Queens before it takes on Purdue heading into the NCAA Tournament: Where is Queens located? No, your first guess of "on the western end of Long Island in New York" is not correct. Queens is a private school located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The school has an approximate undergraduate figure of 1,900 and it was founded in 1857 as the Charlotte Female Institute. In 2025, Queens and Elon University (located in Elon, North Carolina) announced the two universities would be merging, which is expected to be completed in August 2026. Queens NCAA Tournament history Friday's matchup against Purdue will be the NCAA Tournament debut for the Royals.