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Selection Sunday: Bruins land #11-seed, among “First Four”

Selection Sunday is here, Bruins fans!

Your #11-seed men’s basketball team (17-9) will take on the Michigan State Spartans (15-12) in the “first four” of this year’s NCAA tournament. The play-in games will take place this Thursday ahead of the opening round which will take place across this Friday and Saturday.

The Bruins are headed to the 2021 NCAA Tournament!

No. 11-seed UCLA (17-9) will take on No. 11-seed Michigan State (15-12) in the "First Four" this Thursday.#GoBruins | #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/rQlI7PGRKQ— UCLA Men’s Basketball (@UCLAMBB) March 14, 2021

If the Bruins manage to top the Spartans in the play-in game, they will move on to play No.