TAMPA, MARCH 6, 2016 – No. 9 seeded USF will play No. 8 seed East Carolina on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the first round of the American Men’s Basketball Championship at the Amway Center in Orlando.
It will be the third time in the past five games that the Bulls (7-24, 4-14 The American) and Pirates (12-19, 4-14) will meet after splitting the season series. USF won the first meeting, 69-52, on Feb. 16 in Greenville and East Carolina won the second meeting, 80-71, on March 2 in Tampa.
The winner of the game will play regular season conference champion and top-seeded Temple (20-10, 14-4) on Friday at noon on ESPN2.