Five Indiana Teams Make NCAA Tournament Field, Notre Dame Earns No. 3 Seed

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana has made the 68-team NCAA tournament field, and Notre Dame got the highest seed of the five Indiana schools.

All five will play in the Midwest Regional.

The Hoosiers (20-13) were thought to be on the bubble but made it safely in as the No. 10 seed. They play Friday at 2:45 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska, against No. 7 seed Wichita State. The game will be broadcast on CBS.

Notre Dame (29-5), the ACC tourney champs, and Butler (22-10) are both heading to Pittsburgh on Thursday. The third-seeded Fighting Irish play No. 14 Northeastern at 12:15 p.m. The sixth-seeded Bulldogs face No. 11 Texas at 2:45 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on CBS.

Ninth-seeded Purdue (21-12) will play No. 8 Cincinnati on Thursday at 7:10 p.m. in Louisville. The game will be broadcast on CBS.

Horizon League champ Valparaiso (28-5), the No. 13 seed, faces No. 4 Maryland on Friday at 4:40 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio. That game will be shown on TNT.

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