Cincinnati (30-3), the only team with 30 wins entering the
NCAA tournament, is No. 1 in the West Regional. The Bearcats, from
Conference USA, open against Boston University in Pittsburgh on Friday, with
eighth-seeded UCLA facing Mississippi in the other game.
The other part of the top half of the bracket will be in
Albuquerque, NM, on Thursday. Fourth-seeded Ohio State, the Big Ten
tournament champion, plays Davidson and fifth-seeded Miami faces Missouri.
Oklahoma's first game after the upset of Kansas will be as a
No. 2 seed in Dallas on Friday against Illinois-Chicago, with seventh-seeded
Xavier facing Hawaii in the other game.
The other pod in the lower half features third-seeded
Arizona against Cal-Santa Barbara in Albuquerque, along with sixth-seeded
Gonzaga facing Wyoming.
In addition to Cincinnati, C-USA will be represented in the
tournament by Marquette, seeded No. 5 in the East Regional, and Charlotte,
the South Regional's No. 9 seed.
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