The NCAA Tournament’s first round begins Thursday morning for men’s basketball teams. The only Los Angeles area school to qualify is Long Beach State, a winner of the Big West Tournament and a No. 15 seed, taking on No. 2 Arizona Thursday at 11 a.m.
Here’s the schedule (with TV channels) and we’ll update with final scores throughout the day:
(8) Mississippi State vs. (9) Michigan State, 9:15 a.m. (CBS)
(6) BYU vs. (11) Duquesne, 9:40 a.m. (truTV)
(3) Creighton vs. (14) Akron, 10:30 a.m. (TNT)
(2) Arizona vs. (15) Long Beach State, 11 a.m. (TBS)
(1) North Carolina vs. (16) Howard/(16) Wagner, 11:45 a.m. (CBS)
(3) Illinois vs. (14) Morehead State, 12:10 p.m. (truTV)
(6) South Carolina vs. (11) Oregon, 1 p.m. (TNT)
(7) Dayton vs. (10) Nevada, 1:30 p.m. (TBS)
(7) Texas vs. (10) Colorado State/(10) Virginia, 3:50 p.m. (TNT)
(3) Kentucky vs. (14) Oakland, 4:10 p.m. (CBS)
(5) Gonzaga vs. (12) McNeese, 4:25 p.m. (TBS)
(2) Iowa State vs. (15) South Dakota State, 4:35 p.m. (truTV)
(2) Tennessee vs. (15) Saint Peter’s, 6:20 p.m. (TNT)
(6) Texas Tech vs. (11) NC State, 6:40 p.m. (CBS)
(4) Kansas vs. (13) Samford, 6:55 p.m. (TBS)
(7) Washington State vs. (10) Drake, 7:05 p.m. (truTV)
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