Two Michigan schools will represent the state in the 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
The 2024 bracket was revealed on Sunday after the end of conference championship games, and now we know first round matchups, which will start on Thursday.
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Michigan State
The Spartans enter to 2024 men’s tournament as a No. 9 seed.
- When they play: Thursday, March 21 at 12:15 p.m. on CBS
- Who they play: No. 8 Mississippi State
- Where they play: Charlotte (West Region)
- Spread: Michigan State opens as 2.5 point favorite
Michigan State finished the 2024 season 19-14, closing out the year with some disappointing losses, including a second-round exit in the Big Ten tournament. But you never know with Tom Izzo teams in March.
Oakland
The Golden Grizzlies enter their first tournament in more than a decade as a No. 14 seed.
- When they play: Thursday, March 21 at 7:10 p.m. on CBS
- Who they play: No. 3 Kentucky
- Where they play: Pittsburgh (South Region)
- Spread: Oakland opens at +12.5
Oakland, 23-11, won the Horizon League tournament as the No. 1 seed, clinching their first tournament berth since 2011, and their fourth overall. They’ve never advanced past the first round, but they have won a play-in game, back in 2005.
The NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams that compete in seven rounds for the national championship.
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— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 17, 2024
Here is the full schedule for this season’s 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
- First Four: March 19-20
- First round: March 21-22
- Second round: March 23-24
- Sweet 16: March 28-29 (games in Detroit)
- Elite Eight: March 30-31
- Final Four: Saturday, April 6 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
- NCAA championship game: Monday, April 8 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona