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UK Basketball: Game time set for Cats in NCAA Tournament
Sun Staff Report
March 14, 2010

Kentucky, the top seed in the East in the NCAA Tournament, will take on East Tennessee State at 7:15 p.m. Thursday at the New Orleans Arena.

Kentucky (32-2) is seeded No. 1 in the East Regional and will face 16th-seeded East Tennessee State (20-14) in the first round. If UK advances, it will take on the winner of Texas and Wake Forest. All NCAA tournament games can be seen on CBS.

UK and ETSU will be the first game in the afternoon session on Thursday with Texas and Wake Forest tipping it off 30 minutes after the conclusion of UK’s game. Second round game times have not been released.

The Wildcats hold an all-time opening round NCAA Tournament record of 39-10, but lost its last tournament opener in 2008 to Marquette 74-66. Before losing to Marquette, Kentucky had advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for 16 consecutive seasons. UK head coach John Calipari has only lost one NCAA Tournament first round game.

Practice sessions

Fans of each team and basketball fans in New Orleans will have the opportunity to see each team practice during Wednesday’s open practice day at New Orleans Arena.

Admission and parking is free of charge and will begin with at noon with Old Dominion. Sam Houston State will go at 12:45 p.m., followed by Notre Dame (1:30 p.m.), Baylor (2:15 p.m.), Kentucky (4:25 p.m.), Texas (5:10 p.m.), East Tennessee State (5:55 p.m.) and Wake Forest (6:40 p.m.). All practices are practices are 40 minutes in length.

Tickets

Tickets remain on sale and are available online at www.NewOrleansArena.com, www.Ticketmaster.com and www.ncaa.com/mbbtickets or in person at the New Orleans Arena box office. Tickets are $198 each and are for two sessions Thursday and one session Saturday, for a total of three tickets for six games. Single session tickets are $66 apiece per session and will go on sale beginning on Wednesday.

Schedule

First Session

(6) Notre Dame vs. (11) Old Dominion, 11:25 a.m. (CT)

(3) Baylor vs. (14) Sam Houston State, 30 minutes following Notre Dame/Old Dominion

Second Session

(1) Kentucky vs. (16) East Tennessee State, 6:15 p.m. (CT)

(8) Texas vs. (9) Wake Forest, 30 minutes following Kentucky/East Tennessee State

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