Thursday will be a very busy day at the CONSOL Energy Center as the NCAA Tournament gets underway with four second round games. So if you have about nine hours to kill today, you can park yourself in front of the old television and catch some good basketball. here is the schedule for games that will be played in Pittsburgh today.
The first game of the day starts at 12:40 pm and features the No. 8 8/9 nine game between Kansas State and Southern Miss. You can find that game on tru TV.
Up next is the top seed in the region Syracuse taking on UNC-Asheville at 3:10 pm. That game is also on tru TV.
The third game of the day features No. 10 seed West Virginia, who should have a pretty sizable home court advantage when they take on the No. 7-seeded Gonzaga. That game starts at 7:20 and will air on TNT.
The final game of the day has the No. 2 seed Ohio State taking on No. 15 seed Loyola (MD). That game starts at 9:50 and can also be seen on TNT.
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