Travis Steele's Miami RedHawks are set to face off against High Point University—the same team that stunned the college basketball world with a March Madness upset—in a neutral-site showdown next season.

High Point, a No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament, made history by defeating No. 5 Wisconsin, marking the program's first-ever tournament win. Shortly after that victory, Panthers head coach Flynn Clayman made waves with a pointed statement about scheduling challenges faced by mid-major programs.

"Looks pretty obvious to me that high-majors need to play mid-majors during the season," Clayman said in March. "They said we ain't played nobody. We played somebody now. Nobody would play us, just like nobody would play Miami Ohio. But they gotta play us in this tournament."

Now, it appears Clayman and Steele are on the same page. According to CBS Sports' Matt Norlander, both coaches have agreed in principle to meet on a neutral court next season, though "the logistics of when and where still have to be hashed out in the weeks ahead."

The matchup carries extra weight given the RedHawks' own impressive postseason run. Miami punched their ticket to the Big Dance by winning the MAC Tournament, then knocked off SMU in the First Four before falling to Tennessee in the round of 64—a strong showing for a program that finished 32-2 on the season.

However, scheduling hasn't been easy for Steele. As Norlander noted, "Steele hasn't been as successful as Clayman in scheduling to this point, which is unfortunate after that once-in-a-lifetime 32-2 season. But he's still reaching out to most power-conference programs." A complicating factor: the MAC's decision to expand to 22 conference games next season, leaving Miami with just 10 non-conference contests to fill.

For fans of both programs, this neutral-site clash promises to be a compelling early-season test—and a chance to see two mid-major powers prove their mettle against each other on a bigger stage.