All games are played at campus sites until the semifinals March 28 and the final March 30 at Madison Square Garden.
The tournament opens with first- and second-round games played at 16 campus sites beginning Friday.
The conference's athletic directors voted Wednesday to recommend an eight-team men's tournament at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, as well as a 10-team women's tournament to be played at a campus arena.
When students at the University of British Columbia were walking to see Cashmere Cat play on campus at the annual welcome back barbecue on September 11, they spotted something new on the campus' sidewalks: decals of giant emojis the now ubiquitous yellow, expressive faces proliferated daily via text message.
It was the kind of scene that has played out countless times at campus radio stations, which for generations have served as a clubhouse for connoisseurs and a training ground for the music industry.
In line with the Scottish motif, UCR assembles a bagpipe band made up of students and staff who play at graduation and other campus events.
The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) play at Molson Stadium on the campus of McGill University for their regular-season games.
But then there was that day, Dec. 1, when the Blue Hose played on campus at the Templeton Center, their only home game so far this season.
In 1968, the jazz critic Gary Giddins, then an undergraduate at Grinnell College, in Iowa, invited Louis Armstrong to play on campus.
Somewhere Towards the End, by Diana… In 1968, the jazz critic Gary Giddins, then an undergraduate at Grinnell College, in Iowa, invited Louis Armstrong to play on campus.
