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NCAA Tournament East Region Seattle Capsules — Arizona, Akron, Oregon & Liberty



Arizona vs. Akron and Liberty vs. Oregon on Friday at Seattle in the first round of the East Region of the NCAA tournament (photos from Arizona, Akron, Liberty and Oregon)

NCAA TOURNAMENT EAST REGION

SEATTLE CAPSULES — CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA

FRIDAY

No. 13 Akron vs. No. 4 Arizona, 4:35 p.m., Tucson time, TruTV

No. 12 Liberty vs. No. 5 Oregon, 7:10 p.m., TruTV

No. 4 Arizona Wildcats

(22-12 overall, 14-6 Big 12)

Wins over NCAA tournament teams (7): Iowa State, Texas Tech (twice), Kansas, BYU and Baylor (twice)

Losses to teams not in the NCAA tournament (2): Kansas State and West Virginia

Coach: Tommy Lloyd (110-32, fourth year, all at Arizona)

Probable Starters:

Tobe Awaka, Jr., F, 8.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg

Trey Townsend, Sr., F, 8.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg

Anthony Dell’Orso, Jr., G, 7.1 ppg, 1.3 apg

Caleb Love, Sr., G, 16.6 ppg, 3.5 apg, 4.2 rpg

Jaden Bradley, Jr., G, 11.8 ppg, 3.6 apg, 1.8 spg

Key Reserves:

Henri Veesaar, Soph., F, 9.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.1 bpg

Carter Bryant, Fr., F, 6.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg

KJ Lewis, Soph., G, 10.9 ppg, 2.9 apg, 4.5 rpg

Statistically Speaking:

Scoring Offense: 82.0 (22nd in nation)

Scoring Defense: 72.1 (187)

Field-Goal Percentage: 47.1 (61)

Field-Goal Defense: 41.4 (51)

Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.8 (275)

Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 31.8 (298)

Free-Throw Percentage: 78.3 (18)

Rebound Margin: 7.4 (15)

Assists Per Game: 16.8 (24)

Turnovers Per Game: 11.6 (159)

No. 13 Akron Zips

(28-6 overall, 17-1 MAC)

Wins over NCAA tournament teams (1): Omaha

Losses to teams not in the NCAA tournament (4): Arkansas State, Milwaukee, Princeton and Ohio

Coach: John Groce (348-218, 17th season with stops also at Ohio and Illinois; 168-87, eighth season at Akron)

Probable Starters:

James Okonkwo, Sr., F, 7.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg

Tavari Johnson, Jr., G, 13.0 ppg, 3.9 apg

Nate Johnson, Jr., G, 14.0 ppg, 3.5 apg, 5.0 rpg, 1.8 spg

Isaiah Gray, Sr., G, 9.6 ppg, 2.5 apg, 4.6 rpg

Seth Wilson, Sr., G, 6.3 ppg, 1.1 apg

Key Reserves:

Amani Lyles, Jr., F, 7.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.2 bpg

Sharron Young, Fr., G, 7.6 ppg, 1.7 apg

Shammah Scott, Sr., G, 9.4 ppg, 2.8 apg

Bowen Hardman, Jr., G, 6.7 ppg

Statistically Speaking:

Scoring Offense: 84.0 (10th in nation)

Scoring Defense: 74.3 (251)

Field-Goal Percentage: 47.0 (62)

Field-Goal Defense: 42.5 (102)

Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.8 (8)

Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.0 (74)

Free-Throw Percentage: 74.7 (85)

Rebound Margin: 4.7 (44)

Assists Per Game: 18.3 (3)

Turnovers Per Game: 12.4 (238)

No. 5 Oregon Ducks

(24-9 overall, 12-8 Big Ten)

Wins over NCAA tournament teams (7): Montana, Troy, Texas A&M, San Diego State, Alabama, Maryland and Wisconsin

Losses to teams not in the NCAA tournament (2): Minnesota and Nebraska

Coach: Dana Altman (779-403, 36th season with stops also at Marshall, Kansas State and Creighton; 369-160, 15th season at Oregon)

Probable Starters:

Brandon Angel, Sr., F, 8.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg

Nate Bittle, Sr., C, 14.1 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 2.2 bpg

Keeshawn Barthelemy, Sr., G, 10.1 ppg, 2.6 apg

Jackson Shelstad, Soph., G, 13.2 ppg, 2.7 apg

TJ Bamba, Sr., G, 10.4 ppg, 2.9 apg, 1.7 spg

Key Reserves:

Supreme Cook, Sr., F, 4.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg

Kwame Evans Jr., Soph., F, 6.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg

Ra’Heim Moss, Sr., G, 1.6 ppg

Jadrian Tracey, Sr., G, 7.0 ppg, 1.7 apg

Statistically Speaking:

Scoring Offense: 76.7 (98th in nation)

Scoring Defense: 71.2 (150)

Field-Goal Percentage: 45.5 (132)

Field-Goal Defense: 43.3 (142)

Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.8 (167)

Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.2 (175)

Free-Throw Percentage: 76.3 (40)

Rebound Margin: 2.3 (129)

Assists Per Game: 14.7 (102)

Turnovers Per Game: 11.1 (111)

No. 12 Liberty Flames

(28-6 overall, 13-5 Conference USA)

Wins over NCAA tournament teams (1): McNeese

Losses to teams not in the NCAA tournament (6): Florida Atlantic, Western Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, UTEP, Jacksonville State and Kennesaw State

Coach: Ritchie McKay (437-291, 23rd season with stops also at Portland State, Colorado State, Oregon State and New Mexico; 272-133, 12th season at Liberty)

Probable Starters:

Owen Aquino, Jr., F, 8.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.1 bpg

Zach Cleveland, Jr., F, 11.0 ppg, 5.1 apg, 6.3 rpg

Colin Porter, Jr., G, 9.3 ppg, 4.3 apg, 1.6 spg

Jayvon Maughmer, Sr., G, 8.8 ppg, 1.5 apg, 4.4 rpg

Kaden Metheny, Sr., G, 13.5 ppg, 2.0 apg

Key Reserves:

Zander Yates, Jr., F, 3.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg

Taelon Peter, Sr., G, 13.9 ppg, 1.1 apg, 4.1 rpg

Statistically Speaking:

Scoring Offense: 76.2 (113th in nation)

Scoring Defense: 62.3 (9)

Field-Goal Percentage: 48.8 (16)

Field-Goal Defense: 39.9 (15)

Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.4 (18)

Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 38.0 (19)

Free-Throw Percentage: 66.2 (329)

Rebound Margin: -0.8 (249)

Assists Per Game: 16.6 (29)

Turnovers Per Game: 10.2 (35)

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