How the semifinal matchups look
The Louisville (over Oklahoma) and North Carolina (against Arkansas) blowouts, coupled with the Memphis survival (77-74) against Mississippi State, completes the semifinal field for Thursday and Friday.
Here they are, with our tipoff times:
THURSDAY
WEST (in Phoenix)
No. 3 Xavier vs. No. 7 West Virginia (4:10 p.m.) and No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 12 Western Kentucky (30 minutes following the conclusion of the first game).
EAST (in Charlotte)
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 4 Washington State (4:27 p.m.) and No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Louisville (30 minutes following the conclusion of the first game).
FRIDAY
MIDWEST (in Detroit)
No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 10 Davidson (4:10 p.m.) and No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 12 Villanova (30 minutes following the conclusion of the first game).
SOUTH (in Houston)
No. 2 Texas vs. No. 3 Stanford (4:27 p.m.) and No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 5 Michigan State (30 minutes following the conclusion of the first game).
FRIDAY