Last night the Play-ins for the East and West Divisions that will start tomorrow finished with a couple of tight games and one that went to OT.
West
#16 Norfolk State (16 – 7) 54 – Appalachian State (17 – 12) 53
#11 Witchita State (16 – 5} 52 – #11 Drake ((25 – 4) 53
East
#16 Texas Southern (16 – 8) 60 – Mount St. Mary’s (12 – 10) 52
#11 UCLA (27 – 9) 86 – #11 Michigan State (15 -13) 80 OT
Needless to say, the Michigan St. loss was disappointing after leading through most of the game, fell in OT. The two West games were nail biters with Drake a surprise win over Wichita St. that at one point in the game has a double digit lead..
Now we begin the games in earnest . There are 8 games in the afternoon and 8 in the evening , The NCAA has frozen the fields, meaning, if a team drops out for any reason, its opponent will automatically advance. The same will hold for the Women when they start on Sunday. The coronavirus will be a persistent threat to upend the two marquee events of college sports.
| Time | Network | Seed | School | Record | Seed | School | Record | Region |
| 12:15 | CBS | 10 | Virginia Tech | 15 – 6 | 7 | Florida | 14 – 9 | South |
| 12:45 | TruTV | 14 | Colgate | 14 – 1 | 3 | Arkansas | 22 – 6 | South |
| 1:15 | TBS | 16 | Drexel | 12 – 7 | 1 | Illinois | 23 – 6 | Midwest |
| 1:45 | TNT | 11 | Utah St. | 20 – 8 | 6 | Texas Tech | 17 – 10 | South |
| 3:00 | CBS | 15 | Oral Roberts | 16 – 10 | 2 | Ohio St. | 21 – 9 | South |
| 3:30 | TruTV | 16 | Hartford | 15 – 8 | 1 | Baylor | 22 – 2 | South |
| 4:00 | TBS | 9 | Georgia Tech | 17 – 8 | 8 | Loyola Chicago | 24 – 4 | Midwest |
| 4:30 | TNT | 12 | Oregon St. | 17 – 8 | 5 | Tennessee | 18 – 8 | Midwest |
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