March Madness: These teams will be in Indianapolis for NCAA tournament first, second rounds

Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis will host first- and second-round 2024 NCAA tournament games, highlighted by No. 1 Midwest Region seed Purdue. The Boilermakers — who famously have had trouble in the early rounds in recent seasons — will meet the winner of a play-in game.

Here's who are playing on Friday, March 22, 2024. The winners of these games play Sunday, March 24. Start times and TV will be revealed later Sunday.

Midwest Region

No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 16 Montana State/Grambling State

Montana State (17-17) finished fifth in the Big Sky Conference but won three games in the conference tournament. Grambling State (20-14) swept the Southwestern Athletic regular-season and tournament titles. They meet Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio.

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No. 8 Utah State vs. No. 9 TCU

The Aggies (27-6) come from the tough Mountain West (six NCAA Tournament bids), while TCU (20-12) is from the tough Big 12 (eight bids).

South Region

No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 winner of the Boise State/Colorado play-in game

Walter Clayton Jr. leads four Gators (24-11) in double figures (18.3 points per game). Boise State (22-10) and Colorado (24-10) will play Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio.

No. 2 Marquette vs. No. 15 Western Kentucky

Marquette (25-9) is the Big East tournament runner-up, but has played recently without injured point guard Tyler Kolek. Western Kentucky (22-11) features a couple of notable transfers: Brandon Newman from Purdue, and Khristian Lander from Indiana.

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