Big East champion Georgetown is the No. 2 seed and takes on No. 15 Belmont. Also in the East, it's No. 3 Washington State versus No. 14 Oral Roberts; No. 4 Texas and star Kevin Durant against No. 12 New Mexico State; No. 5 Southern California versus No. 12 Arkansas; No. 6 Vanderbilt versus No. 11 George Washington, No. 7 Boston College versus coach Bobby Knight's 10th-seeded Texas Tech, and No. 8 Marquette versus No. 9 Michigan State.
Ohio State (30-3) beat Wisconsin to win the Big 10 tournament and its No. 1 seed in the South. The Buckeyes play No. 16 Central Connecticut State in Lexington, Kentucky.
Other games in the South include coach John Calipari and No. 2 Memphis against No. 15 North Texas, making its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1988; No. 3 Texas A&M versus No. 14 Pennsylvania; No. 4 Virginia versus No. 13 Albany, NY; No. 5 Tennessee versus No. 12 Long Beach State; No. 6 Louisville versus No. 11 Stanford; No. 7 Nevada versus No. 10 Creighton and No. 8 BYU versus No. 9 Xavier.
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