
The 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament tipped off Thursday with first-round match-ups, including No. 5 seed Notre Dame against No. 12 seed Princeton in the West Region.
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Notre Dame, the No. 14 team in the country, finished second in the ACC with a 25-9 overall record. The Irish lost to Duke, 75-69, in the ACC Tournament final. Princeton won the Ivy League after beating Yale, 71-59, to capture the first-ever Ivy League Tournament championship. The Tigers, 23-6, did not play any ranked teams this season.
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Other games scheduled for this afternoon are No. 12 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 5 Virginia; No. 4 Butler vs. No. 13 Winthrop; No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 16 South Dakota State; Nov. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 13 Bucknell; No. 4 Florida vs. No. 13 East Tennessee State; No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. Nov. 9 Northwestern; No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 11 Xavier; No. 7 St. Mary's vs. No. 10 VCU; Nov. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 Vermont; No. 3 Florida State vs. Nov. 14 Florida Gulf Coast; No. 8 Wisconsin vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech; No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 North Dakota; and Nov. 5 Iowa State vs. Nov. 12 Nevada.
Here's the full field:
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East Region
No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 16 (Mount St. Mary’s/New Orleans)
No. 8 Wisconsin vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech
No. 5 Virginia vs. No. 12 UNC-Wilmington
No. 4 Florida vs. No. 13 East Tennessee State
No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 New Mexico State
No. 6 SMU vs. No. 11 (Providence/USC)
No. 7 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Marquette
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Troy
Midwest Region
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 (N.C. Central/UC Davis)
No. 8 Miami vs. No. 9 Michigan State
No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 12 Nevada
No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 Vermont
No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 14 Iona
No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 11 Rhode Island
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State
No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 15 Jacksonville State
South Region
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Texas Southern
No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Seton Hall
No. 5 Minnesota vs. No. 12 Middle Tennessee
No. 4 Butler vs. No. 13 Winthrop
No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 14 Kent State
No. 6 Cincinnati vs. No. 11 (Kansas State/Wake Forest)
No. 7 Dayton vs. No. 10 Wichita State
No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 15 Northern Kentucky
West Region
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 16 South Dakota State
No. 8 Northwestern vs. No. 9 Vanderbilt
No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 Princeton
No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 13 Bucknell
No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast
No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 11 Xavier
No. 7 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 VCU
No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 North Dakota
Photo: USC's Nick Rakocevic breaks up a dribble by Providence's Kyron Cartwright before stealing it on a scramble for the ball during the second half of a First Four game of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Wednesday, March 15, in Dayton, Ohio. Southern California won 75-71. Credit: AP Photo/John Minchillo
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