Baltimore Sun

Tonight’s First Four games

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No. 16 seed LIU-Brooklyn (18-16) vs. No. 16 seed Radford (22-12) Where: East region; Dayton, Ohio Time: 6:40 TV: TruTV Online: ncaa.com Outlook: Northeast Conference tournament winner LIU-Brooklyn makes its first appearance in the tournament in five years. Radford got in by beating Liberty at the buzzer in the Big South championsh­ip game. The winner gets No. 1 Villanova on Thursday. Players to watch: LIU-Brooklyn has four starters in double figures, led by Joel Hernandez (20.8 points per game). Raiquan Clark (16 ppg), Jashaun Agosto (13.1 ppg) and Julian Batts (11.4 ppg) are right behind him. Radford is led by Ed Polite Jr. (13.5 ppg) and Carlik Jones (11.8). No. 11 seed St. Bonaventur­e (25-7) vs. No. 11 seed UCLA (21-11) Where: East region; Dayton, Ohio Time: 9:10 TV: TruTV Online: ncaa.com Outlook: UCLA makes its 49th tournament appearance but its debut in the First Four. St. Bonaventur­e is back in the field for the first time since 2012 and seventh all time. The winner gets No. 6 seed Florida on Thursday. Players to watch: St. Bonaventur­e is driven by senior guards Jaylen Adams (19.8 points per game), a Mount Saint Joseph graduate, and Matt Mobley (18.5). The Atlantic 10 regular-season winner has victories this season over Maryland, Syracuse and Rhode Island. The Bruins are second in the Pac-12 in scoring (81.9 points per game) and lead the conference in rebounding. Junior guard Aaron Holiday is an All-Pac-12 selection who averages a conference-best 20.3 points per game. — Associated Press

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