In the second round of the 2024 March Madness, Oakland basketball takes on NC State. Here are some things to know about the game tonight.

In the second round of the South region of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, the men’s basketball team of Oakland Golden Grizzlies will play the North Carolina State Wolfpack to continue their historic run.
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the No. 14-seeded Golden Grizzlies (24-11) will take on the No. 11 NC State Wolfpack (23-14).

In the opening round of play on Thursday night, Oakland defeated Kentucky, the third seed, 80-76, behind the 32-point performance and 10 3-pointers from Jack Gohlke. Trey Townsend, the Horizon League Player of the Year, scored 17 points in the victory. With 28 seconds left, DQ Cole made a corner three to give the Golden Grizzlies a four-point advantage.
Prior to playing on Saturday, NC State had won six consecutive games. On Thursday, they defeated No. 6 seed Texas Tech 80-67 in a first-round match.
In the five days of the ACC tournament, the Wolfpack won five games, the most notable of which was an 84-76 triumph against North Carolina in the title match.
This is NC State’s third trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2018. It is their second consecutive year. The Wolfpack last advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2015. They had won national championships in 1974 and 1983.
In the Sweet 16, the victor of Saturday’s matchup will take on either No. 2 seed Marquette or No. 10 seed Colorado.

When is the NC State vs. Oakland game?
The Pittsburgh team’s second-round matchup is set to begin at 7:10 p.m. ET on Saturday.

How to see the NC State vs. Oakland game
The game airs on TBS and truTV starting at 7:10 p.m. ET on Saturday.

Where will the NC State vs. Oakland game be played?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s PPG Paints Arena is the site of this Saturday’s game.

Who is the breakthrough player in Oakland basketball, Jack Gohlke?
Jack Gohlke shot ten 3-pointers in Oakland’s 80-76 victory against Kentucky on Thursday night, sparking an overnight phenomenon. He ended one basket shy of matching the Loyola Marymount’s Jeff Fryer’s 1990 NCAA record of eleven, having hit seven 3-pointers in the first half alone.
On February 17, Oakland defeated IUPUI 107-59 thanks to ten 3-pointers by Gohlke.
The graduate student transfer from NCAA Division II Hillsdale (Mich.) College, originally from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, won the Horizon League Sixth Man of the Year award this season.
Gohlke has made more 3-pointers than anybody else in Division I with 131. 347 attempts at shoots above the arc have been made by him.

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are from where?
Originally established as Michigan State University-Oakland 67 years ago, Oakland University is situated in Rochester, Michigan. The university changed its name to Oakland University in 1963.
There were around 16,000 students enrolled at the institution overall at the beginning of the fall 2023 semester.
In 1998, Oakland changed the name of their clubs from the Pioneers to the Golden Grizzlies. During the 1998–1999 school year, the school moved from being an NCAA Division II to Division I institution.

What is Oakland’s March Madness record?
Oakland is participating in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since making two consecutive trips in 2010 and 2011. It’s Oakland’s first time participating in the NCAA Tournament since joining the Horizon League. The Oakland Raiders had previously played in the Summit League.
Oakland made their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2005. As the winners of the Summit League (formerly known as the Mid-Continent Conference) tournament that year, the Golden Grizzlies were seeded No. 16. They defeated Alabama A&M in the first round before losing to North Carolina, the eventual national champion.
The Golden Grizzlies currently have a 2-3 overall record in the NCAA Tournament after their victory on Thursday.

Who is the head coach of Oakland basketball?
Greg Kampe is the longest active-tenure head coach in Division I, having coached for the Golden Grizzlies for all forty years. Kampe has a record of 699-536 overall, one victory away from victory number 700.
Is the winner expected to be NC State or Oakland?
North Carolina is projected as a 5.5-point favorite by FanDuel Sportsbook. 146.5 is the over/under value.

Players to watch: NC State and Oakland
Trey Townsend, the Horizon League Player of the Year, leads the Grizzlies in scoring per game with 16.9. Among the four Oakland players who average double digits is him.
Four NC State players average double digits, with senior guard DJ Horne leading the Wolfpack with 16.9 points per game.

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