March Madness: No. 8 Badgers to face No. 9 Virginia Tech; No. 10 Marquette to play No. 7 South Carolina

MILWAUKEE -- On Selection Sunday, March 12, we learned the No. 8 seed Wisconsin Badgers will face No. 9 Virginia Tech Thursday, March 16th in Buffalo, New York -- and the No. 10 Marquette University Golden Eagles will face No. 7 South Carolina on Friday, March 17th in Greenville, South Carolina.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 11: The Wisconsin Badgers bench celebrates after a basket against the Northwestern Wildcats during the second half in the semifinals of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Verizon Center on March 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. (P …



PHILADELPHIA, PA - JANUARY 07: The Marquette Golden Eagles huddles before taking on the Villanova Wildcats during the first half at Wells Fargo Center on January 7, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Villanova won 93-81. (Photo by Corey Perrine/Gett …









Additionally, we learned No. 5 seed Iowa State and No. 12 seed Nevada will face off Thursday in Milwaukee.

No. 4 seed Purdue and No. 13 seed Vermont will play Thursday in Milwaukee.



No. 4 Butler will face No. 13 Winthrop Thursday in Milwaukee.

No. 5 Minnesota and No. 12 Middle Tennessee will also face off Thursday in Milwaukee.