Know the teams, players coming to Sacramento for NCAA opening rounds
The 2017 NCAA men’s basketball tournament is returning to Sacramento on Friday and Sunday, bringing the big dance back to the capital for the first time since 2007, with the four first-round games on Friday and two second-round games Sunday, all at Golden 1 Center.
Sacramento is hosting teams seeded in the Midwest and South regional brackets.
Tickets are available through the NCAA men’s tournament website.
Here’s information about the schedule and the teams appearing in Sacramento.
SCHEDULE
Friday, March 17, 2017
Midwest Regional
▪ Oregon (29-5) vs. Iona (22-12), 11 a.m. (TBS)
▪ Creighton (25-9) vs. Rhode Island (24-9), 1:30 p.m. (TBS)
South Regional
▪ Cincinnati (29-5) vs. Kansas State-Wake Forest winner, 4:27 p.m. (truTV)
▪ UCLA (29-4) vs. Kent State (22-13), about 6:57 p.m. (truTV)
Sunday, March 19, 2017
▪ UCLA-Kent State winner vs. Cincinnati-Kansas State-Wake Forest winner
▪ Oregon-Iona winner vs. Creighton-Rhode Island winner
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
▪ Oregon: Record: 29-5. Midwest regional seed: 3. NCAA national ranking: 9. Roster of players
▪ Iona: Record: 22-12. Midwest regional seed: 14. NCAA national ranking: 88. Roster of players
▪ Creighton: Record: 25-9. Midwest regional seed: 6. NCAA national ranking: 26. Roster of players
▪ Rhode Island: Record: 24-9. Midwest regional seed: 11. NCAA national ranking: 31. Roster of players
▪ Cincinnati: Record: 29-5. South regional seed: 6. NCAA national ranking: 12. Roster of players
▪ Kansas State: Record: 20-13. South regional seed: 11. NCAA national ranking: 57. Roster of players OR Wake Forest: Record: 19-13. South regional seed: 11. NCAA national ranking: 39. Roster of players
▪ UCLA: Record: 29-4. South regional seed: 3. NCAA national ranking: 16. Roster of players
▪ Kent State: Record: 22-13. South regional seed: 14. NCAA national ranking: 142. Roster of players
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2017 NCAA Men's Tournament bracket by Sacramento Bee on Scribd
This story was originally published March 13, 2017 at 2:02 PM with the headline "Know the teams, players coming to Sacramento for NCAA opening rounds."