Ohio State, Pittsburgh headline Milwaukee bracket

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The NCAA Tournament pairings for games played at the Bradley Center has been announced.

Second seeded Ohio State (27-7) -- winner of the Big Ten Conference Tournament -- will face No. 15 UC-Santa Barbara (20-9) while Oklahoma State (22-10) will take on Georgia Tech (22-12) in Midwest Regional contests.

The other portion of the Milwaukee pod will pit third-seeded Pittsburgh (24-8) against No. 14 Oakland (26-8) and No. 6 Xavier (24-8) against No. 11 Minnesota (21-13).

Xavier and Minnesota will play the first of four Friday games, tipping off at 11:25 a.m. followed by Pittsburgh and Oakland at 1:55 p.m.

The evening session gets underway with Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech at 6:15 p.m. and Ohio State and UCSB following, at approximately 8:45 p.m.