Monday, March 16, 2009

NCAA Tourney Philly schedule

The eight teams coming to Philadelphia for the NCAA Tournament will have practice sessions on Wednesday at the Wachovia Center.

The sessions are open to the public and free.

Here is the practice schedule for Wednesday:

12 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.: Texas A&M
12:45 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.: Chattanooga
1:30 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.: BYU
2:15 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.: UConn
4:25 p.m. - 5:05 p.m.: Villanova
5:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: UCLA
5:55 p.m. - 6:35 p.m.: American
6:40 p.m. - 7:20 p.m.: VCU

Here is the game schedule for Thursday's first round:

12:30 p.m.: (8) BYU (25-7) vs. (9) Texas A&M (23-9)

Twenty minutes after conclusion of first game: (1) UCONN (27-4) vs. (16) Chattanooga (18-16)

7:20 p.m.: (3) Villanova (26-7) vs. (14) American (24-7)

Twenty minutes after conclusion of first game: (6) UCLA (25-8) vs. (11) VCU (24-9)

The winners will meet Saturday, with the Villanova/American winner playing UCLA/VCU winner at 1:05 p.m. and 20 minutes after conclusion of the first game, the winners of Connecticut/Chattanooga vs. BYU/Texas A&M will meet.

CBS has also announced the broadcast team for the site, Dick Enberg, Carter Blackburn, Jay Bilas, Mark Wolff and Mark Grant.

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