With six days off between games, Indiana will take the floor on Thursday night in the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the East Region. The Hoosiers (25-7) will face No. 12 seed Chattanooga, the champion of the Southern Conference, at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
The Mocs (29-5), winners of five straight games, won three close games in their conference tournament to punch their ticket to the tournament. Thursday’s tip time is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET on CBS with Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson on the call:
DES MOINES, Iowa – When the NCAA tournament bracket was announced on Sunday evening, a potential Indiana-Kentucky game in the round of 32 was one of the major takeaways from the bracket nationally.