Ducks to Marquette for NIT 2nd round

Published 12:00 am Thursday, March 15, 2018

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The Oregon Ducks will face Marquette on Sunday in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament. Game time at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee is set for 1:30 p.m. PDT; the game will be carried on ESPN2.

Marquette, 20-13 and a No. 2 seed, advanced to the second round of the 32-team tournament with a 67-60 home victory over No. 7 seed Harvard on Wednesday night. Oregon, 23-12 and a No. 3 seed, advanced with a 99-86 win over Rider on Tuesday night in Eugene.

The Oregon-Marquette winner moves into the quarterfinal round and will play either No. 1 seed Notre Dame or No. 4 Penn State on March 20 or 21. The higher-seeded teams serve as hosts until the semifinals and final, which are set for March 27 and 29 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

—Bulletin staff report

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