Monday, March 13, 2017

NCAA Tournament: Field of 68 Set; Ducks Get Iona In Sacramento; Northwestern Finally Makes It

The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's field of 68 was set on Sunday.

All times are Pacific Daylight.

First Four, with all four contests to be played at Dayton, Ohio:

Tuesday:

Mount St. Mary's vs. New Orleans, for the right to be the #16 seed in the East Region, 3:40 PM (truTV)

Kansas State vs. Wake Forest, for the right to be the #11 in the South Region, 6:10 PM (truTV)

Wednesday:

North Carolina Central vs. UC-Davis, for the right to be the #16 seed in the Midwest Region, 3:40 PM (truTV)

Providence vs. Southern California, for the right to be the #11 seed in the East Region, 6:10 PM (truTV)



EAST REGION:

Thursday:

At Buffalo, New York:

#1 Villanova (top overall seed) vs. #16 (Mount St. Mary's-New Orleans winner), 4:10 PM (CBS)

#8 Wisconsin vs. #9 Virginia Tech, 6:40 PM (CBS)

At Orlando, Florida:

#5 Virginia vs. #12 UNC-Wilmington (9:40 PM truTV)

#4 Florida vs. #13 East Tennessee State, 12:10 PM AM (truTV)

Friday:

At Tulsa, Oklahoma:

#3 Baylor vs. #14 New Mexico State, 9:40 AM (truTV)

#6 Southern Methodist vs. #16 (Providence-Southern California winner), 12:10 PM (truTV)

At Greenville, South Carolina:

#2 Duke vs. #15 Troy, 4:20 PM (TBS)

#7 South Carolina vs. #10 Marquette, 6:50 PM (TBS)



WEST REGION:

Thursday:

At Salt Lake City, Utah:

#1 Gonzaga vs. #16 South Dakota State, 11:00 AM (TBS)

#8 Northwestern #9 Vanderbilt, 1:30 Pm (TBS)

At Buffalo, New York:

#5 Notre Dame vs. #12 Princeton, 9:15 AM (CBS)

#4 West Virginia vs. #13 Bucknell, 11:45 AM (CBS)

At Orlando, Florida:

#6 Maryland vs. #11 Xavier, 3:50 PM (TNT)

#3 Florida State vs. #14 Florida Gulf Coast, 6:20 PM (TNT)

At Salt Lake City, Utah:

#7 Saint Mary's vs. #10 Virginia Commonwealth, 4:20 PM (TBS)

#2 Arizona vs. #15 North Dakota, 9:50 PM (TBS)



MIDWEST REGION:

Thursday:

At Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

#4 Purdue vs. #13 Vermont, 4:27 PM (truTV)

#5 Iowa State vs. #12 Nevada, 6:57 PM (truTV)

Friday:

At Tulsa, Oklahoma:

#1 Kansas vs. #16 (NC Central-UC Davis winner), 3:50 PM (TNT)

#8 Miami (Florida) vs. #9Michigan State, 6:20 PM (TNT)

At Sacramento, California:

#3 Oregon vs. #14 Iona, 11:00 AM (TBS)

#6 Creighton vs. #11 Rhode Island, 1:30 PM (TBS)

At Indianapolis:

#7 Michigan vs. #10 Oklahoma State, 9:15 AM (CBS)

#2 Louisville vs. #15 Jacksonville State, 11:45 AM (CBS)



SOUTH REGIONAL:

Thursday:

At Milwaukee:

#4 Butler vs. #13 Winthrop, 10:30 AM (TNT)

#5 Minnesota vs. #12 Middle Tennessee, 1:00 AM (TNT)

Friday:

#8 Arkansas vs. #9 Seton Hall, 10:30 AM (TNT)

#1 North Carolina vs. #16 Texas Southern, 1:00 PM (TNT)

At Sacramento:

#6 Cincinnati vs. #11 (Kansas State-Wake Forest winner), 4:27 PM (truTV)

#3 UCLA vs. #14 Kent State, 6:57 PM (truTV)

At Indianapolis:

#7 Dayton vs. #10 Wichita State, 4:10 PM (CBS)

#2 Kentucky vs. #15 Northern Kentucky, 6:40 PM (CBS)





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