The first tickets to the Sweet 16 will be punched on Saturday as the first set of games in the Round of 32 take place in Fort Worth, Indy, Buffalo, and Portland.
Three top seeds Baylor (East), Kansas (Midwest), and Gonzaga (West) are on the schedule as games tip-off a little after noon (eastern time).
In Villanova’s South Bracket 3-seed Tennessee will face 11-seed Michigan in the region’s only game on Saturday.
Fellow BIG EAST schools Creighton and Providence play today as they take on top-seeded Kansas and 12th seeded Richmond respectively.