If you’re a university basketball fan, in the present day is your fortunate day.
Beginning at 11:00 a.m. Jap, over 12-straight hours of crucial faculty basketball awaits you. Over this time period, 23 crucial convention match video games shall be performed, together with 13 convention match finals.
Meaning 13 tickets to the large dance shall be punched, and ten extra groups will inch nearer to the large dance.
Sadly, it additionally means some bubbles shall be burst alongside the best way.
All of it kicks off with a pair of video games within the 11:00 a.m. Jap time slot. First is the America East ultimate, pitting Vermont versus UMass Lowell. On the similar time, the primary Ivy League semifinal ideas off, which sees Yale tackle Cornell.
The lengthy day of basketball ends with the WAC ultimate, which sees Grand Canyon tackle … That sport ideas off at 11:30 p.m. Jap. Additionally, don’t neglect to turn your clocks ahead earlier than you go to mattress after the WAC ultimate.
For a have a look at how our SB Nation employees thought these tournaments have been going to play out, you may take a look at our prolonged convention match predictions piece here. Hey, we received a few of them proper, and are on monitor to get just a few extra proper in the present day!
However for the actual good things, right here is the Saturday slate. Benefit from the video games everybody!
Convention Match Saturday Schedule
| Matchup | Convention | Spherical | Time (Jap) | Community |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Convention | Spherical | Time (Jap) | Community |
| Vermont vs. UMass Lowell | America East | Ultimate | 11:00 AM | ESPN2 |
| Yale vs. Cornell | Ivy League | Semifinal | 11:00 AM | ESPNU |
| VCU vs. St. Louis | Atlantic 10 | Semifinal | 1:00 PM | CBSSN |
| Purdue vs. Ohio State | Huge Ten | Semifinal | 1:00 PM | CBSSN |
| Howard vs. Norfolk State | MEAC | Ultimate | 1:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| Alabama vs. Missouri | SEC | Semifinal | 1:00 PM | ESPN |
| Penn vs. Princeton | Ivy League | Semifinal | 1:30 PM | ESPNU |
| Houston vs. Cincinnati | AAC | Semifinal | 3:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| Texas A&M vs. Vanderbilt | SEC | Semifinal | 3:00 PM | ESPN |
| Dayton vs. Fordham | Atlantic 10 | Semifinal | 3:30 PM | CBSSN |
| Penn State vs. Indiana | Huge Ten | Semifinal | 3:30 PM | CBS |
| Memphis vs. Tulane | AAC | Semifinal | 5:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| Texas Southern vs. Grambling State | SWAC | Ultimate | 5:30 PM | ESPNU |
| Kansas vs. Texas | Huge 12 | Ultimate | 6:00 PM | ESPN |
| San Diego State vs. Utah State | Mountain West | Ultimate | 6:00 PM | CBS |
| Marquette vs. Xavier | Huge East | Ultimate | 6:30 PM | FOX |
| Toledo vs. Kent State | MAC | Ultimate | 7:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| Iona vs. Marist | MAAC | Ultimate | 7:30 PM | ESPNU |
| Duke vs. Virginia | ACC | Ultimate | 8:30 PM | ESPN |
| FAU vs. UAB | C-USA | Ultimate | 8:30 PM | CBSSN |
| Cal State Fullerton vs. UC Santa Barbara | Huge West | Ultimate | 9:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| UCLA vs. Arizona | Pac 12 | Ultimate | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
| Grand Canyon vs. Southern Utah | WAC | Ultimate | 11:30 PM | ESPN2 |
