Iowa, Iowa State earn NCAA men’s basketball tournament bids

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Two state schools in Iowa are headed to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

The University of Iowa Hawkeyes were given a 5-seed, drawing the 12th-seeded Richmond Spiders. Both teams won their conference tournaments, with Iowa earning that title on Sunday afternoon. The game will take place on Thursday in Buffalo, N.Y. and starts at approximately 2:10 p.m. Central time. It will be televised on TruTV.

The Iowa State University Cyclones will be an 11th-seed this year, matching up against the 6th-seeded LSU Tigers. The Cyclones take the court on Friday in Milwaukee, Wisc. The tipoff for that matchup is at 6:20 p.m. and is televised on TBS.