NCAA Tournament practice sessions for all 8 teams open to public at PPG Paints Arena

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NCAA Tournament practice sessions for all 8 teams open to public at PPG Paints Arena

Jerry DiPaola | Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:15 p.m.

Kentucky head coach John Calipari reacts after a call during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Alabama, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, in Lexington, Ky.

Practice sessions at PPG Paints Arena for all eight teams competing in the NCAA Tournament first-round games will be open to the public Wednesday.

Akron gets the day started at 11 a.m. followed by Creighton at 11:45 a.m., Oregon at 12:30 p.m., South Carolina at 1:15 p.m. and Oakland at 2 p.m. Kentucky coach John Calipari, a Moon native, leads his team onto to the floor at 2:45 p.m., followed by N.C. State at 3:30 p.m. and Texas Tech at 4:15 p.m.

All sessions will last 40 minutes.

The first game starts at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, with Akron meeting Creighton. South Carolina vs. Oregon tips off 30 minutes after the end of the first game.

The evening session features Kentucky vs. Oakland at 7:10 p.m., followed 30 minutes later by Texas Tech and N.C. State. Tip times for the two second-round games Saturday will be announced later this week.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

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