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Akron to Face UCLA in First Round of NCAA Tournament in Portland
March 13 | Men's Basketball
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2022 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET
AKRON, Ohio - The University of Akron men's basketball team learned its draw for the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship on Sunday, March 13, and the 13th-seeded Zips (24-9) will battle fourth-seeded UCLA (25-7) in first round action on Thursday, March 17 at 9:50 p.m. EDT at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, as part of the East Regional.
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TBS will broadcast the first-ever meeting between the Zips and Bruins. The winner of the Akron-UCLA contest advances to face the winner of the fifth-seeded Saint Mary's (Calif.) and 12th-seeded Wyoming/Indiana showdown on Saturday, March 19, in second-round play. The Cowboys and Hoosiers will battle in an opening round tilt in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 15, for the right to face the Gaels.
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Akron will be making its fifth overall NCAA Division I Tournament appearance after qualifying in 1986, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
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2022 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET
AKRON, Ohio - The University of Akron men's basketball team learned its draw for the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship on Sunday, March 13, and the 13th-seeded Zips (24-9) will battle fourth-seeded UCLA (25-7) in first round action on Thursday, March 17 at 9:50 p.m. EDT at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, as part of the East Regional.
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TBS will broadcast the first-ever meeting between the Zips and Bruins. The winner of the Akron-UCLA contest advances to face the winner of the fifth-seeded Saint Mary's (Calif.) and 12th-seeded Wyoming/Indiana showdown on Saturday, March 19, in second-round play. The Cowboys and Hoosiers will battle in an opening round tilt in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 15, for the right to face the Gaels.
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Akron will be making its fifth overall NCAA Division I Tournament appearance after qualifying in 1986, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
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