NCAA Tournament Field Officially Set

(Undated) — The NCAA tournament field is officially set after the remaining First Four matchups went final in Dayton on Wednesday. Fairleigh Dickinson blew out Texas Southern 84-61 to claim the 16th seed in the East region. The Knights will play Number-1 Purdue in the first round of the tournament. A clash of 11-seeds wrapped up the night in Ohio. Arizona State cruised past Nevada 98-73 and will play sixth-seeded TCU in the West region. Sixteen games will tip off in the first round of the tournament starting Thursday afternoon. Number-1 seeds Kansas, Alabama and Houston are all in action as the Crimson Tide take on Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi while the Jayhawks square off against Howard. The Cougars battle Northern Kentucky in one of the night games.