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#13 Ohio Will Face #4 Michigan Friday in the Midwest Regional

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The Ohio Bobcats (27-7), fresh off its exhilarating, 64-63 win over Akron in the MAC tournament championship, was awarded the number 13 seed in the Midwest Regional Sunday and will face the 4th seeded Michigan Wolverines (24-9), a regular season co-champion of the Big Ten conference, at 7:20 p.m., Friday in Nashville, Tennessee.

 
Here's a look at the Midwest Regional broken down by each playing site. 
 
 
MIDWEST (St. Louis)
 
Greensboro
Friday, March 16
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Lamar/Vermont winner
No. 8 Creighton vs. No. 9 Alabama
 
Nashville
Friday, March 16
No. 5 Temple vs. No. 12 California/USF winner
No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 13 Ohio
 
Columbus
Friday, March 16
No. 6 San Diego State vs. No. 11 NC State
No. 3 Georgetown vs. No. 14 Belmont
 
Omaha
Friday, March 16
No. 7 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Purdue
No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 15 Detroit
 
The game between Ohio and Michigan will be televised on TNT. The winner will play number five seeded Temple or the play-in winner between number 12 seeds California and South Florida on Sunday. Game-time TBA (Sunday game-time's will be released after Friday's games conclude).