MARCH MADNESS: Tip time update for No. 10 Penn State ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — No. 10 seed Penn State basketball returns to March Madness for the first time in a dozen years when it faces No. 7 seed Texas A&M in a first-round NCAA Tournament game here Thursday night. The Midwest Region matchup at Wells Fargo Arena was scheduled to tip off at 9:55 p.m. Eastern on TBS. But it is now looking like the actual start time will be closer to 10:15 p.m. Eastern.

Earlier in the day here, No. 8 seed Arkansas beat No. 9 seeddIllinois 75-63 in a game that ran long. That caused the tip time for the matchup between No. 15 seed Colgate and No. 2 seed Texas to be pushed back from 7:25 p.m. Eastern to 7:50 p.m. Eastern. PSU-A&M is the last game of the day here. We will update the tip time for the game here as more information becomes available. 

The Nittany Lions are 22-13 in the Big Ten under second-year coach Micah Shrewsberry. Penn State is coming off of a heartbreaking 67-65 loss to Purdue in the Big Ten championship game in Chicago Sunday.

The Aggies are 25-9 under fourth-year coach Buzz Williams. A&M was blown out by Alabama in the SEC title game 82-63 in Nashville Sunday.

Interested in watching or following Thursday’s action? We have you covered with the information below. You can also join the In Game Thread on our Lions’ Pride Board for live discussion before, during and after the game.