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2017 NCAA Tournament: Live blog for Thursday’s games

By Chris Bengel

Mar 10, 2017; Washington, DC, USA; Maryland Terrapins guard Melo Trimble (2) celebrates with Terrapins forward L.G. Gill (10) and Terrapins guard Kevin Huerter (4) against the Northwestern Wildcats in the first half during the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Verizon Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 10, 2017; Washington, DC, USA; Maryland Terrapins guard Melo Trimble (2) celebrates with Terrapins forward L.G. Gill (10) and Terrapins guard Kevin Huerter (4) against the Northwestern Wildcats in the first half during the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Verizon Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /
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The 2017 NCAA Tournament gets underway on Thursday afternoon.

After the four play-in games were decided, Kansas State, Mount Saint Mary’s, UC Davis, and USC kept their dreams alive. All four of those contests were decided by seven points or less.

If that’s any indication, the first day of the NCAA Tournament should be very entertaining.

There’s quite a few intriguing matchups that will take place on the Tournament’s first day. The 5-12 games are nearly always great theater with the lower seeds oftentimes pulling off the upset.

Aside from Maryland/Xavier, Wisconsin/Virginia Tech and Florida State/Florida Gulf Coast are two of the most interesting games of the day. The latter is especially worth watching if Maryland tops Xavier because they’ll face the winner.

This is one of the more wide-open NCAA Tournaments in quite some time. Yes, Gonzaga, Kansas, North Carolina, and Villanova are the No. 1 seeds, but anyone can go down.

It’s going to be a fun day of basketball to say the least, so watch along with us and comment below. We’ll be popping in often to offer our insights.

Also make sure you’re following us on Twitter at @terpstationmd!

Thursday’s Schedule

12:15 p.m. – No. 12 Princeton (23-6) vs. No. 5 Notre Dame (25-9) *broadcasted on CBS

12:40 p.m. – No. 12 UNC Wilmington (29-5) vs. No. 5 Virginia (22-10) *broadcasted on TruTV

1:30 p.m. – No. 13 Winthrop (26-6) vs. No. 4 Butler (23-8) *broadcasted on TNT

2:00 p.m. – No. 16 South Dakota State (18-16) vs. No. 1 Gonzaga (32-1) *broadcasted on TBS

2:45 p.m. – No. 13 Bucknell (26-8) vs. No. 4 West Virginia (26-8) *broadcasted on CBS

3:10 p.m. – No. 13 East Tennessee State (27-7) vs. No. 4 Florida (24-8) *broadcasted on TruTV

4:00 p.m. – No. 12 Middle Tennessee (30-4) vs. No. 5 Minnesota (24-9) *broadcasted on TNT

4:30 p.m. – No. 9 Vanderbilt (19-15) vs. No. 8 Northwestern (23-11) *broadcasted on TBS

6:50 p.m. – No. 11 Xavier (21-13) vs. No. 6 Maryland (24-8) *broadcasted on TNT

7:10 p.m. – No. 16 Mount Saint Mary’s (20-15) vs. No. 1 Villanova (31-3) *broadcasted on CBS

7:20 p.m. – No. 10 VCU (26-8) vs. No. 7 Saint Mary’s (28-4) *broadcasted on TBS

7:27 p.m. – No. 13 Vermont (29-5) vs. No. 4 Purdue (25-7) *broadcasted on TruTV

9:20 p.m. – No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast (26-7) vs. No. 3 Florida State (25-8) *broadcasted on TNT

9:40 p.m. – No. 9 Virginia Tech (22-10) vs. No. 8 Wisconsin (25-9) *broadcasted on CBS

9:50 p.m. – No. 15 North Dakota (22-9) vs. No. 2 Arizona (30-4) *broadcasted on TBS

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9:57 p.m. – No. 12 Nevada (28-6) vs. No. 5 Iowa State (23-10) *broadcasted on TruTV