COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NCAA TOURNAMENT
FIRST FOUR
Tuesday’s Games
At UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio
Texas A&M-CC 75, SE Missouri 71 Pittsburgh 60, Mississippi St. 59 Wednesday’s Games
At UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio
Texas Southern (14-20) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (19-15), 6:30 p.m.
Arizona St. (22-12) vs. Nevada (22-10), 9 p.m. EAST REGIONAL
First Round
Friday, March 17
At Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio Purdue (29-5) vs. Texas Southern-Fairleigh Dickinson winner, 6:45p.m. Memphis (26-8) vs. FAU (31-3), 9:15p.m.
At Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. Kentucky (21-11) vs. Providence (21-11), 7 p.m.
Kansas St. (23-9) vs. Montana St. (25-9), 9:30 p.m.
At Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio Michigan St. (19-12) vs. Southern Cal (22-10), noon
Marquette (28-6) vs. Vermont (23-10), 2:30p.m.
Thursday, March 16
At Amway Center, Orlando, Fla.
Duke (26-8) vs. Oral Roberts (30-4), 7p.m. Tennessee (23-10) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (26-7), 9:30p.m.
SOUTH REGIONAL
First Round
Thursday, March 16
At Legacy Arena at BJCC, Birmingham, Ala. Alabama (29-5) vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (24-10), 2:30p.m. Maryland (21-12) vs. West Virginia (19-14), noon
At Amway Center, Orlando, Fla.
San Diego St. (27-6) vs. Coll. of Charleston (31-3), 3p.m.
Virginia (25-7) vs. Furman (27-7), 12:30 p.m.
At Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, Calif. Missouri (24-9) vs. Utah St. (26-8), 1:20 p.m. Arizona (28-6) vs. Princeton (21-8), 3:50 p.m. Friday, March 17
At Ball Arena, Denver
Creighton (21-12) vs. NC State (23-10), 3:50p.m.
Baylor (22-10) vs. UC Santa Barbara (27-7), 1:20p.m.
MIDWEST REGIONAL
First Round
Thursday, March 16
At Legacy Arena at BJCC, Birmingham, Ala. Houston (31-3) vs. N. Kentucky (22-12), 9:15p.m.
Iowa (19-13) vs. Auburn (20-12), 6:45p.m. At Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa Texas A&M (25-9) vs. Penn St. (22-13), 9:45p.m.
Texas (26-8) vs. Colgate (26-8), 7:15p.m. Friday, March 17
At MVP Arena, Albany, N.Y.
Miami (25-7) vs. Drake (27-7), 7:15p.m. Indiana (22-11) vs. Kent St. (28-6), 9:45 p.m. At Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. Iowa St. (19-13) vs.
Pittsburgh (23-11), 3p.m.
Xavier (25-9) vs.
Kennesaw St. (26-8), 12:30p.m.
WEST REGIONAL
First Round
Thursday, March 16
At Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa Kansas (27-7) vs. Howard (22-12), 1:50 p.m. Arkansas (20-13) vs. Illinois (20-12), 4:20 p.m. At Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, Calif.
Northwestern (21-11) vs. Boise St. (24-9), 7:25p.m.
UCLA (29-5) vs. UNC-Asheville (27-7), 9:55p.m.
Friday, March 17
At MVP Arena, Albany, N.Y.
Saint Mary’s (Cal.) (26-7) vs. VCU (27-7), 1:50p.m.
UConn (25-8) vs. Iona (27-7), 4;20p.m.
At Ball Arena, Denver
TCU (21-12) vs. Arizona St.-Nevada winner, 9:55p.m.
Gonzaga (28-5) vs. Grand Canyon (24-11), 7:25p.m.
NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT
TUESDAY’S FIRST ROUND
Hofstra 88, Rutgers 86, OT Michigan 90, Toledo 80
UAB 88, Southern Mississippi 60 Liberty 62, Villanova 57 Vanderbilt 71, Yale 62 Wisconsin 81, Bradley 62 Washington St. vs. E. Washington, late Colorado vs. Seton Hall, late WEDNESDAY’S FIRST ROUND
Oklahoma St. at Youngstown St., 7p.m. Florida vs. UCF, 7p.m.
Clemson vs. Morehead State, 7p.m. North Texas vs. Alcorn, 8p.m.
Sam Houston at Santa Clara, 9p.m. Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech, 9p.m. New Mexico vs. Utah Valley, 10p.m. Oregon vs. UC Irvine, 11p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL
SATURDAY’S FIRST ROUND
Ind. St. (22-12) vs. SC-Upstate (16-15), 11 a.m. S. Utah (22-12) vs. N. Ala. (18-14), 1:30 p.m. S. Jose St. (20-13) vs. S. Ind. (16-16), 4 p.m. Charlotte(18-14)vs.W.Carolina(18-15),6:30p.m. SUNDAY’S FIRST ROUND
E. Ky (20-13) vs. Clev. St. (21-13), 11 a.m. Duquesne (20-12) vs. Rice (18-15), 1:30 p.m. Tarleton (17-16) vs. Radford (19-14), 4 p.m. Stetson (17-13) vs. Milw. (21-11), 6:30 p.m.
NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT GLANCE
FIRST FOUR
Wednesday’s Games
At Purcell Pavilion, South Bend, Ind. Illinois (22-9) vs. Mississippi St. (20-10), 7p.m.
At Maples Pavilion, Stanford, Calif. Sacred Heart (18-13) vs. Southern U. (18-14), 9p.m.
Thursday’s Games
At Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio Purdue (19-10) vs. St. John’s (22-8), 7p.m. At Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind. Monmouth (NJ) (18-15) vs. Tennessee Tech (22-9), 9p.m.
SEATTLE 4
First Round
Friday, March 17
At Maples Pavilion, Stanford, Calif. Stanford (28-5) vs. Sacred Heart-Southern U. winner, 7:30p.m. Mississippi (23-8) vs. Gonzaga (28-4), 10p.m.
At Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Iowa City, Iowa
Florida St. (23-9) vs. Georgia (21-11), 1:30p.m.
Iowa (26-6) vs. SE Louisiana (21-9), 4p.m. Saturday, March 18
At Moody Center, Austin, Texas Louisville (23-11) vs. Drake (22-9), 7:30 p.m.
Texas (25-9) vs. East Carolina (23-9), 10 p.m.
At Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
Colorado (23-8) vs. Middle Tennessee (28-4), 7p.m.
Duke (25-6) vs. Iona (26-6), 9:30p.m.
GREENVILLE 2
First Round
Saturday, March 18
At Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind. Indiana (27-3) vs. Monmouth (NJ)-Tennessee Tech winner, 11:30a.m. Oklahoma St. (21-11) vs. Miami (19-12), 2p.m.
At The William B. Finneran Pavilion Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Washington St. (23-10) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (32-3), 1p.m.
Villanova (28-6) vs. Cleveland St. (30-4), 1p.m.
Friday, March 17
At Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, La.
Michigan (22-9) vs. UNLV (31-2), 3p.m. LSU (28-2) vs. Hawaii (18-14), 5:30p.m.
At Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City NC State (20-11) vs. Princeton (23-5), 10 p.m.
Utah (25-4) vs. Gardner-Webb (29-4), 7:30p.m.
GREENVILLE 1
First Round
Friday, March 17
At Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, S.C. South Carolina (32-0) vs. Norfolk St. (26-6), 2p.m.
South Florida (26-6) vs. Marquette (21-10), 11:30a.m.
At Purcell Pavilion, South Bend, Ind. Creighton (22-8) vs. Illinois-Mississippi St. winner, 6p.m.
Notre Dame (25-5) vs. S. Utah (23-9), 3:30 p.m.
At Xfinity Center, College Park, Md. Arizona (21-9) vs. West Virginia (19-11), Noon
Maryland (25-6) vs. Holy Cross (24-8), 2:30p.m.
Saturday, March 18
At Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles Oklahoma (25-6) vs. Portland (23-8), 9 p.m.
UCLA (25-9) vs. Sacramento St. (25-7), 11:30p.m.
SEATTLE 3
First Round
Friday, March 17
At Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Va. Virginia Tech (27-4) vs. Chattanooga (20-12), 5:30p.m.
Southern Cal (21-9) vs. S. Dakota St. (28-5), 8p.m.
Saturday, March 18
At Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Iowa St. (22-9) vs. Toledo (28-4), 3:30p.m. Tennessee (23-11) vs. Saint Louis (17-17), 1p.m.
At Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio North Carolina (21-10) vs. Purdue-St. John’s winner, 4p.m.
Ohio St. (25-7) vs. James Madison (26-7), 1:30p.m.
At Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
Storrs, Conn.
Baylor (19-12) vs. Alabama (20-10), TBA UConn (29-5) vs. Vermont (25-6), 3p.m.
WOMEN’S NIT
WEDNESDAY’S FIRST ROUND Syracuse (18-12) vs. Kent St. (21-10), 7 p.m. Nebraska (16-14) vs. Mo. St. (20-11), 7 p.m.
WBI
FRIDAY’S FIRST ROUND
ETSU (23-9) vs. FIU (12-18), Noon
N. Mex. St. (16-16) vs. UIC (18-15), 2:30 p.m. Cal Bapt. (19-13) vs. N. Dak. (18-11), 5 p.m. Ga. So. (20-8) vs. N. Illinois (16-14), 7:30 p.m.