NY Times · Mar 16, 2017
March Madness: Northwestern’s N.C.A.A. Tournament Off and Running
Stay here for live updates, scores and analysis from the first round of the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament.
How to Watch or Stream: CBS, truTV, TNT, TBS, ncaa.com, and the NCAA March Madness Live app.
No. 1 Seeds: Villanova, North Carolina, Gonzaga and Kansas. Here’s the first-round schedule.
No. 8 seeded Northwestern showed few jitters playing in front of a boisterous crowd in Salt Lake City, and used a strong closeout to the first half to stake a 34-27 lead over No. 9 seed Vanderbilt.
Bryant McIntosh scored the first bucket for Northwestern ever in the N.C.A.A. tournament, and he and Scottie Lindsey show, who combined for 25 of Northwestern’s 34 points.
