Thursday, March 17
New York, N.Y.
All Day
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NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships Begin Thursday in New York City
3/16/2016 5:22:00 PM | Wrestling
2016 NCAA Championships Brackets
NEW YORK – The 2016 NCAA Championships are set to get underway tomorrow morning at Madison Square Garden. Three three-day event begins Thursday at 12 p.m. and runs through the finals at 8 p.m. local time.
The semifinals (Friday) and finals (Saturday) will be televised live by ESPN. Every match of every round will be streamed live on ESPN3.
The Wildcats have three participants at this year's event. Dominick Malone (133), Jameson Oster (141) and Jason Tsirtsis (149) will all seek the nation's top prize at the World's Most Famous Arena.
Tsirtsis received the No. 6 seed at his weight class, and he will wrestle South Dakota State's Alex Kocer in the first round.
Malone begins his tournament with No. 11-seed Dom Forys of Pitt, while Oster will wrestle eighth-seeded Joseph Ward from North Carolina in the first round.
The complete NCAA championships schedule can be found below.
Thursday, March 17
Noon – 4 p.m.: First Session (Pigtails and First Round) – ESPN3
7 p.m. – 11 p.m.: Second Session (Second Round and Preliminaries) – ESPN3
Friday, March 18
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Third Session (Quarterfinals and Wrestle-Backs) – ESPN3
8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.: Fourth Session (Semifinals and Wrestle-Backs) – ESPN / ESPN3
Saturday, March 19
11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Fifth Session (3rd, 5th and 7th place matches) – ESPN3
8 p.m. – 11 p.m.: Sixth Session (Finals) – ESPN / ESPN3
* All Times Eastern
NEW YORK – The 2016 NCAA Championships are set to get underway tomorrow morning at Madison Square Garden. Three three-day event begins Thursday at 12 p.m. and runs through the finals at 8 p.m. local time.
The semifinals (Friday) and finals (Saturday) will be televised live by ESPN. Every match of every round will be streamed live on ESPN3.
The Wildcats have three participants at this year's event. Dominick Malone (133), Jameson Oster (141) and Jason Tsirtsis (149) will all seek the nation's top prize at the World's Most Famous Arena.
Tsirtsis received the No. 6 seed at his weight class, and he will wrestle South Dakota State's Alex Kocer in the first round.
Malone begins his tournament with No. 11-seed Dom Forys of Pitt, while Oster will wrestle eighth-seeded Joseph Ward from North Carolina in the first round.
The complete NCAA championships schedule can be found below.
Thursday, March 17
Noon – 4 p.m.: First Session (Pigtails and First Round) – ESPN3
7 p.m. – 11 p.m.: Second Session (Second Round and Preliminaries) – ESPN3
Friday, March 18
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Third Session (Quarterfinals and Wrestle-Backs) – ESPN3
8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.: Fourth Session (Semifinals and Wrestle-Backs) – ESPN / ESPN3
Saturday, March 19
11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Fifth Session (3rd, 5th and 7th place matches) – ESPN3
8 p.m. – 11 p.m.: Sixth Session (Finals) – ESPN / ESPN3
* All Times Eastern
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