Ray McCallum Jr. could have played anywhere in America.
Kansas, UCLA and every other big-time college basketball program wanted the former Detroit Country Day star, but McCallum chose to stay home and play for his dad at Detroit.
Now player McCallum and coach Ray McCallum Sr. are going dancing, NCAA tournament style.
The Titans beat top-seeded Valparaiso at Valpo on Tuesday night to win the Horizon League tournament championship and the automatic NCAA berth that goes with the title.
McCallum Jr., a sophomore guard, had 21 points to lead the Titans to the 70-50 victory over Valparaiso  and Detroit's first NCAA bid since 1999.
The Titans are 22-13. They'll learn Sunday their first-round NCAA opponent.

The Detroit Titans play Valparaiso on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Horizon League basketball tournament. The winner receives a bid to the NCAA tournament.It won't be easy for coach Ray McCallum's club. Valpo (22-10) was the regular-season champion in the Horizon and, as the higher-seeded team for the final, will play on its home court against the Titans (21-13).
Meanwhile, Oakland fell late Sunday night to Southern Utah in the Summit League tournament at Sioux Falls, S.D. The 84-82 defeat ended the Golden Grizzlies' dream of reaching the NCAA tournament. Oakland's record fell to 17-15.

Detroit plays Youngstown State and Butler takes on Milwaukee on Friday in quarterfinal games in the Horizon League basketball tournament at Valparaiso.
Waiting in the wings are regular-season champion Valparaiso and runner-up Cleveland State.
Valpo plays the Butler-Milwaukee winner, while CSU meets the Detroit-Youngstown survivor in semifinal games.

The Horizon League starts its post-season basketball tournament Tuesday with four games, including Loyola's visit to Calihan Hall to play the Detroit Titans. Tip is at 7 p.m.
Detroit finished the regular season in a three-way tie for third place, but earned the better seed, and third overall, because it went 3-1 in games against Milwaukee and Butler during the regular season.
Fourth-seeded Milwaukee plays Illinois-Chicago and fifth-seeded Butler meets Wright State in other first-round games Tuesday.
Green Bay is at Youngstown State in the other first-round contest, also Tuesday.
First-round winners advance to quarterfinal games at Valparaiso on Friday.
Valparaiso is the No. 1 seed.