While we love the First Four and the way Dayton, Ohio, embraces kicking things off, the 2023 NCAA tournament truly gets underway on Thursday — with 16 first-round games over the course of 12-plus hours.
Three of the four 1-seeds are in action, with Kansas facing Howard at 2 p.m. ET, Alabama tipping against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 2:45 p.m.
and Houston going late, at 9:20 p.m ET. They won't be your typical 1 vs. 16 matchups, either: Will Marcus Sasser suit up for Houston?
The Cougars' All-American guard missed the AAC title game with a groin injury, and his status is up in the air. Popular potential upsets on Thursday include a couple of mid-major darlings in 12-seeds Oral Roberts and Charleston.
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