Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament scores from Thursday
East Region 1st Round
#9 TCU 66, #8 Ohio State 64
#6 Louisville 83, #11 South Florida 79
#1 Duke 71, #16 Sienna 65
#3 Michigan State 92, #14 North Dakota State 67
South Region 1st Round
#4 Nebraska 76, #13 Troy 47
#5 Vanderbilt 78, #12 McNeese 68
#11 VCU 82, #6 North Carolina 78 (OT)
#10 Texas A&M 63, #7 Saint Mary’s 50
#3 Illinois 105, #14 Penn 70
#2 Houston 78, #15 Idaho 47
West Region 1st Round
#12 High Point 83, #5 Wisconsin 82
#4 Arkansas 97, #13 Hawai’i 78
#11 Texas 79, #6 BYU 71
#3 Gonzaga 73, #14 Kennesaw State 64
Midwest Region 1st Round
#1 Michigan 101, #16 Howard 80
#9 Saint Louis 102, #8 Georgia 77
Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa are all in action today in the men’s NCAA tournament. The Cyclones play Tennessee State at 1:50 PM on CBS, the Hawkeyes face Clemson with a 5:50 scheduled start on TNT, and the Panthers play St. John’s at 6:10 PM on CBS. Here are the other games scheduled for today:
Midwest Region
#7 Kentucky vs #10 Santa Clara 11:15 AM (CBS)
#5 Texas Tech vs #12 Akron 11:40 AM (truTV)
#3 Virginia vs #14 Wright State 12:50 PM (TBS)
#4 Alabama vs #13 Hofstra 2:15 PM (truTV)
West Region
#1 Arizona vs #16 Long Island University (TNT)
#8 Villanova vs #9 Utah State 3:10 PM (TNT)
#6 Tennessee vs #11 Miami Ohio 3:25 PM (TBS)
#2 Purdue vs #15 Queens University 6:35 PM (truTV)
#7 Miami vs #10 Missouri 9:10 PM (truTV)
East Region
#7 UCLA vs #10 Central Florida 6:25 PM (TBS)
#4 Kansas vs #13 California Baptist 8:45 PM (CBS)
#2 UConn vs #15 Furman 9 PM (TBS)
South Region
#1 Florida vs Prairie View A&M 8:25 PM (CBS)
Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament First Four scores from Thursday
Southern University 65, Samford 53 *Southern is the 16th seed in Regional 4 and plays South Carolina on Saturday
Virginia 57, Arizona State 55 *Virginia is the 10th seed in Regional 4 and plays Georgia on Saturday
Women’s First Round games begin today. Here is that schedule:
Regional 1
#5 Maryland vs #12 Murray State 2 PM (ESPNU)
#4 North Carolina vs #13 Western Illinois 4:30 PM (ESPNEWS)
Regional 2
#3 Duke vs #14 Charleston 10:30 AM (ESPN2)
#6 Baylor vs #11 Nebraska 1 PM (ESPN)
#5 Ole Miss vs #12 Gonzaga 2:30 PM (ESPN2)
#2 LSU vs #15 Jacksonville 5 Pm (ESPN)
#4 Minnesota vs #13 Green Bay 5 PM (ESPNU)
#7 Texas Tech vs #10 Villanova 7:30 PM (ESPNU)
Regional 3
#8 Oregon vs #8 Virginia Tech 12:30 PM (ESPN2)
#1 Texas vs #16 Missouri State 3 PM ESPN)
#2 Michigan vs #15 Holy Cross 4:30 PM (ESPN2)
#7 NC State vs #10 Tennessee 7 PM (ESPN)
Regional 4
#3 TCU vs #14 UC San Diego 11 AM (ESPN)
#6 Washington vs #11 South Dakota State 1:30 PM (ESPNEWS)
#5 Michigan State vs #12 Colorado State 6:30 PM (ESPNEWS)
#4 Oklahoma vs #13 Idaho 9 PM (ESPN)
Iowa and Iowa State play tomorrow in the women’s NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes play Fairleigh Dickinson at 3 PM tomorrow on ESPN, while the Cyclones face Syracuse with a 4:30 scheduled start on ESPN2.