Oklahoma earns a No. 10 seed, will play Rhode Island

Bears among four Big 12 teams on NCAA tournament bubble

Bears among four Big 12 teams on NCAA tournament bubble

Mike Boynton stood inside an empty Gallagher-Iba Arena on Sunday, a crowd of reporters surrounding him.

About an hour before the NCAA Tournament Selection Show kicked off, Oklahoma play-by-play announcer Toby Rowland intoned the crowd at Lloyd Noble Center to stay positive.

The Oklahoma Sooners saw their season end in a 71-60 loss to the rival Oklahoma State Sooners where the team never found consistent scoring.

Scheduled start for each game is 12:15 p.m.

FGCU (23-11) is famous for its "Dunk City" team in 2012-13.

50 feared dead as Bangladesh passenger plane crash-lands at Kathmandu airport
The passenger aircraft has been identified as S2-AGU, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, but this has not been officially confirmed. Flights to Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) are now holding or are being diverted.

'Myanmar builds military bases in Rohingya homes, mosques'
Tirana Hassan, Amnesty's crisis response director, said: "The remaking of Rakhine State is taking place in a shroud of secrecy". Despite the ongoing preparations for repatriation, more than 2,500 Rohingyas have crossed into Bangladesh this year.

New October poster released, features Varun Dhawan, Banita Sandhi
Varun's profession plays very integral part to his character and environment in the film, which shapes up the events that follow. The actor shot for his character in a real hotel in Delhi where he spent time observing the way all the hotel employees worked.

This is Rhode Island's second consecutive trip to the tournament under A-10 Coach of the Year Dan Hurley and only the second time in the history of the program that URI has gone to consecutive NCAA tournaments.

The Eagles lost in the Atlantic Sun conference championship game to Lipscomb. The two teams are part of the Midwest region, playing in the same bracket as overall No. 1 seed Kansas.

The Providence College Friars are headed to the Big East Finals after they overcame a 17 point deficit to defeat Xavier on Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

"We weren't quite as close to the bubble as we thought we were", Boynton said. "The opportunity to continue our season and play really quality teams is a great one". "I'm not on the committee, but certainly the way that we've played over the last couple of weeks we look like an NCAA tournament team".

America East champ UMBC gets top-seeded Virginia, Patriot League titlist Bucknell meets Michigan, Colonial champ UNC-Greensboro faces Gonzaga and Ivy champion Penn will meet top-seeded Kansas. "It's something I don't take for granted". "We get to play a couple more games with these guys".

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