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03-16-2006, 05:25 PM
NCAA Gets Rolling With 16 Games Today
Published: 3/16/06, 7:46 AM EDT
(AP) - The NCAA basketball tournament gets rolling today with 16 games at four sites across the nation. The only top seed on the schedule is overall No. 1 Duke, which takes on Southern in a virtual Blue Devils home game in Greensboro, N.C. That game tips off tonight around 9:30 p.m. EST.
The day session gets started with a 12:20 p.m. EST tipoff for Wichita State against Seton Hall in Greensboro. Minutes later in Jacksonville, Oklahoma and Wisconsin-Milwaukee get under way. There's a 12:40 p.m. EST start for Boston College and Pacific in Salt Lake City and a 2:40 p.m. EST tipoff for Marquette against Alabama in San Diego.
The second game in Greensboro has Tennessee playing Winthrop. Florida meets South Alabama in the nightcap in Jacksonville. Nevada runs with Montana next in Salt Lake City and then UCLA takes on Belmont in a 4:55 p.m. EST tip in San Diego.
The night session highlights include Gonzaga versus Xavier, Syracuse against Texas A&M and George Washington playing North Carolina-Wilmington.
credit BellSOuth
Published: 3/16/06, 7:46 AM EDT
(AP) - The NCAA basketball tournament gets rolling today with 16 games at four sites across the nation. The only top seed on the schedule is overall No. 1 Duke, which takes on Southern in a virtual Blue Devils home game in Greensboro, N.C. That game tips off tonight around 9:30 p.m. EST.
The day session gets started with a 12:20 p.m. EST tipoff for Wichita State against Seton Hall in Greensboro. Minutes later in Jacksonville, Oklahoma and Wisconsin-Milwaukee get under way. There's a 12:40 p.m. EST start for Boston College and Pacific in Salt Lake City and a 2:40 p.m. EST tipoff for Marquette against Alabama in San Diego.
The second game in Greensboro has Tennessee playing Winthrop. Florida meets South Alabama in the nightcap in Jacksonville. Nevada runs with Montana next in Salt Lake City and then UCLA takes on Belmont in a 4:55 p.m. EST tip in San Diego.
The night session highlights include Gonzaga versus Xavier, Syracuse against Texas A&M and George Washington playing North Carolina-Wilmington.
credit BellSOuth