National Invitation Tournament Openers and NCAA Seedings
A rundown of schedules for the NCAA Tournament and National Invitation Tournament opening rounds. It lists matchups by date and location across regions including Oklahoma State, North Carolina State, Duke, Kansas, and many others with dates from March 17 to March 21 and venues in Boston, Tampa, Birmingham, and Spokane among others. It notes team records for several programs and highlights times for tipoffs.
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Chicago
Western Michigan
College of Charleston
Kent State
Providence
Richmond
Wichita State
Lowe State
Dayton
Ohio
North Carolina
Asheville
Texas Souther
Oklahoma
California
North Carolina State
South Carolina State
Fast Center
Boston
Syracuse
Manhattan
Oklahoma State
Pennsylvania
Tampa
Saint Joseph's
Auburn
Wake Forest
East Tennessee State
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville
Austin Peay
Mississippi State
Butler
Thunsday
Spokane
Wash
Connecticut
Brigham, Young
Stanford
San Diageo
Big 12 coaches call for national title glory this year
Kansas and Texas lead a veteran Big 12 contingent aiming to bring the conference its first NCAA crown since the 1988 era. Oklahoma, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech also feature strong seeds as Roy Williams questions selection parity and Kansas notes its 15 tournament appearances.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Big 12
Kelvin Sampson
Oklahoma Sooners
Sampson
Texas
Eddie Sutton
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Sutton
Jayhawks
Longhorns
Rick Barnes
Pittsburgh
Roy Williams
Williams
UCLA fires Lavin after Bruins' first losing season since 1948
UCLA announced Steve Lavin was fired as head coach after a 10-19 season and 6-12 in Pac-10, ending with a 75-74 loss to Oregon in the Pac-10 tournament semifinals. New athletic director Dan Guerrero cited the need to restore elite status for the program.
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LOS Angeles
Steve Lavin
UCLA
Lavin
Bruins
Dan Guerrero
Guerrero
Oregon
John Wooden
Jim Harrick
Lauria Sisk
Bruin
Kansas
Georgia
Kentucky Moves To No 1 In Final AP Top 25
Kentucky rises to the top of the final AP Top 25 as Arizona drops to second after an upset by UCLA. Oklahoma climbs to third after the Big 12 tourney title, Pittsburgh moves to fourth, Texas slips to fifth, with Kansas Duke Wake Forest Marquette and Florida rounding out the top ten.
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Kentucky
Wildcats
Arizona
UCLA
Texas
Oklahoma
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Duke
Wake Forest
Marquette
Florida
OU Track Teams Win Swede Invite in Lindsborg
Ottawa University sweeped events as Adam Winkler won the 5000 meters in 16 38.28 and Brandi Soper claimed the university division in 100 meter hurdles at 15 01. The OU women4x100 relay clocked 53.94 seconds and Coach Kirk Wren praised the performance while outlining upcoming meet March 29 at Oklahoma Baptist University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa University
Lindsborg
Adam Winkler
Gardner
Kirk Wren
Wren
Brandi Soper
Pomona
Mistina Clark
Sara Wilke
Pam Schaich
Emily Hainey
Ottawa
William Young
Troy Prosser
Anthony McLean
Errol Moloto
Luke Duling
Sth
Brett Reinhart
Kelly Rockens
Kjell Nordgren
Brandi Loper
Juanita Early
Denise Cummings
Nessa Gaunt
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Okla
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Georgetown
Tennessee
DePaul
ESPN
NHL
St. Louis
Vanco
Ional
Iowa
Valparaiso
Tumaday
Villanova
Siena
Boston College
Fairield
Drexel
Temple
Maryland
Wilmington
Southam
Purdue
Rampa
Fla
Michigan State
Colorado
Pan
Sam Houston State
Marquatte
Holy Cross
Missouri
Southern Illinois
Wisconsin
Weber State
Tulsa
Baston
Wagner
Indiana
Alabama
Neashville
Tenn
Notre Dame
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Salt Lake Cty
Cincinnati
Gonzaga
Vermont
Craighton
Central Michigan
Colorado State
Cy Memphis
Arizona State
Utah State
Laurie Sisk
Mngasheville
Alex Kragel
Jayhawk
Kirk Hinrich
Allen Fieldhouse
UNCA
Kragel
Bulldogs
Texas Southern
TSU
Soper
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