The 2011 NCAA Tournament gets underway on Tuesday, March 15, with 68 teams vying for a trip to the 2011 Final Four. The Big Ten, who has a total of seven team in the big dance, will have two in the West Region, with the (10)Penn St. Nittany Lions as well as (8)Michigan Wolverines. As a side note, the state of Ohio has three teams in the tournament with Ohio St., Akron, and the (6)Cincinnati Bearcats, who will play in the West.
Here are the match-ups out West:
Charlotte
Friday, March 18
(1) Duke vs. (16)Hampton
(8)Michigan vs. (9)Tennessee
Tulsa
Friday, March 18
(5)Arizona vs. (12)Memphis
(4)Texas vs. (13)Oakland
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, March 17
(6) Cincinnati vs. (11) Missouri
(3) UConn vs. (14)Bucknell
Tucson
Thursday, March 17
(7) Temple vs. (10) Penn State
(2) San Diego State vs. (15) Northern Colorado
Coming up, we’ll take a look at the Southeast Region