NCAA Tournament: Tipoff time announced for Tennessee-Longwood

NCAA Tournament: A tipoff time has been announced for the Tennessee-Longwood game Thursday

The men’s basketball NCAA Tournament bracket was announced on Selection Sunday.

Tennessee (26-7) will play in the South region as a No. 3 seed against 14th-seeded Longwood (26-6) on Thursday.

Tipoff is slated for 2:45 p.m. EDT between Tennessee and Longwood. CBS will televise the first round matchup.

Tennessee’s first and second round games will be played in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The winner of Tennessee-Longwood will play the winner of Colorado State and Michigan. The Colorado State-Michigan matchup will tipoff at 12:15 p.m. EDT Thursday. CBS will televise the matchup.

Tennessee defeated Texas A&M (23-12), 65-50, Sunday in the SEC Tournament championship game. Tennessee’s 2022 SEC Tournament championship is the program’s first since 1979.

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