In the second round of the 2024 March Madness, Oakland basketball faces North Carolina State.
(CBS Detroit) On Saturday, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies men’s basketball team will play the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the second round of the NCAA Tournament’s South region.
The Golden Grizzlies (24-11) are the No. 14 seed and will play the No. 11 NC State Wolfpack (23-14) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Oakland defeated No. 3 seed Kentucky 80-76 in the first round on Thursday night, thanks to Jack Gohlke’s 32 points and 10 three-pointers. Trey Townsend, the Horizon League Player of the Year, scored 17 points in the victory.
DQ Cole hit a corner three with 28 seconds left to give the Golden Grizzlies a four-point advantage.
NC State has won six straight games heading into Saturday’s contest, defeating No. 6 seed Texas Tech 80-67 in the first round on Thursday.
The Wolfpack won five games in five days at the ACC tournament, including an 84-76 triumph over North Carolina in the championship game.
NC State is making its second consecutive NCAA Tournament participation and third since 2018. The Wolfpack won national titles in 1974 and 1983, and they last made the Sweet 16 in 2015.
The winner of Saturday’s game will play either No. 2 seed Marquette or No. 10 seed Colorado in the Sweet 16.
When is the Oakland-NC State game?
Saturday’s second-round game in Pittsburgh begins at 7:10 p.m. ET.
How to watch the Oakland-NC State game?
Saturday’s game will air at 7:10 p.m. ET on TBS and truTV.
Where is the Oakland-NC State game being played?
Saturday’s game will take place at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Who is Jack Gohlke, Oakland’s breakout basketball star?
Jack Gohlke became an overnight sensation after scoring 10 3-pointers in Oakland’s 80-76 victory over Kentucky on Thursday night. He scored seven 3-pointers in the first half alone, falling one shy of the NCAA record of 11 set by Loyola Marymount’s Jeff Fryer in 1990.
Gohlke hit ten three-pointers in Oakland’s 107-59 victory over IUPUI on February 17.
The Pewaukee, Wisconsin, native is a graduate student transfer from NCAA Division II Hillsdale (Mich.) College who was selected Horizon League Sixth Man of the Year this season.
Gohlke leads Division I in 3-pointers with 131. He’s tried 347 shots from beyond the arc.
Where are the Oakland Golden Grizzlies from?
Oakland University was founded 67 years ago as Michigan State University-Oakland and is based in Rochester, Michigan. In 1963, the institution changed its name to Oakland University.
The institution had over 16,000 students enrolled when the fall semester began in 2023.
Oakland’s clubs, previously known as the Pioneers, were renamed the Golden Grizzlies in 1998. The school moved from NCAA Division II to Division I during the 1998–99 academic year.
How far has Oakland advanced in March Madness?
Oakland is making its fourth NCAA Tournament participation, the first since 2010 and 2011. Oakland is making their first NCAA Tournament participation since joining the Horizon League.
Previously, Oakland competed in the Summit League.
Oakland’s first NCAA Tournament berth came in 2005. The Golden Grizzlies received a No. 16 seed as Summit League (formerly Mid-Continent Conference) tournament winners that year. They defeated Alabama A&M in the first round before being eliminated by eventual national champion North Carolina.
Following Thursday’s victory, the Golden Grizzlies currently have a 2-3 record in the NCAA Tournament.
Who is the Oakland basketball team’s head coach?
Greg Kampe is in his 40th year as a head coach, all with the Golden Grizzlies, and holds the record for the longest current career in Division I. Kampe is one win away from achieving 700, with an overall record of 699–536,
Is Oakland or North Carolina State projected to win?
FanDuel Sportsbook predicts North Carolina will be a 5.5-point favorite. The over/under is set at 146.5.
Players to watch from Oakland and NC State
Trey Townsend, the Horizon League’s Player of the Year, leads the Grizzlies with 16.9 points per game. He is one of four Oakland players averaging double digits.
NC State senior guard DJ Horne leads the Wolfpack in scoring with 16.9 points per game, one of four players averaging double digits.
