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This is what we've all been waiting for: the actual tournament.
There won't be a whole lot of set up here since we've already given you thousands of words region-by-region throughout the week, but just to get everything in one place for you here's a guide to everything we've put together (all of which you can find at our NCAA hub: http://www.swishappeal.com/ncaa).
Resources/previews
General Preview
Queenie previews the tournament on Dave Zirin Radio | Testudo Times overview of top seeds (+rant)
Bracket-by-Bracket previews
Stanford (forthcoming)
Team-by-team capsules (Dance Cards)
Today's schedule
SB Nation's Testudo Times has published the full TV schedule for the first round, which I have re-organized in the table below to show just today's games by region.
LincolnNo. 5 NC State vs. No. 12 BYU, Saturday, 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 4 Nebraska vs. No. 13 Fresno State, Saturday, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 7 DePaul vs. No. 10 Oklahoma, Saturday, 1:30 p.m ET. ESPN2 No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Winthrop, Saturday, 11 a.m. ET, ESPN2 |
LouisvilleNo. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 16 Northwestern State, Saturday, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 8 St. John's vs. No. 9 USC, Saturday, 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 |
StanfordNo. 7 Iowa State vs. No. 10 Florida State, Saturday, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 15 South Dakota, Saturday, 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 |
Notre DameNo. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 16 Robert Morris, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET, ESPN No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Arizona State, Saturday, 11 a.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 5 Oklahoma State vs. No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast, Saturday, 11 a.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 Akron, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 6 Syracuse vs. No. 11 Chattanooga, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 14 Wright State, Saturday, 11 a.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 7 California vs. No. 10 Fordham, Saturday, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN2 No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 15 Western Kentucky, Saturday, 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 |
And of course WBB State has their list of games for today in actual chronological order with links to previews.
If you haven't filled out your bracket for our bracket challenge, you still have (very little) time to get that done. Click here to do that.
That's it! Enjoy the games! Tell us what you think of the results and which games you're most looking forward to!