This Is When Texas Tech and Other Texas Teams Play In Round One of March Madness

Madness is about to begin.

The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament will tip-off this week and the state of Texas will be well represented by a number of teams that got into the Big Dance. The action begins this Tuesday with the first two play-in games of the tournament.

Between now and Thursday, be sure to look over those brackets and see if you can guess who will be the next national champion. It's possible that the next champion might be from a university located in Texas. Making the tournament this year was Houston, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Baylor, and Texas.

Texas Tech Is the #3 Seed in the West Region

Texas Tech battled hard all year in the hard to win Big 12. This year, the Big 12 saw seven teams get into the tournament. That's the third most in this year's tournament. The SEC saw 14 teams get in.

#3 Texas Tech enters the tournament with a 25-8 record. They will take on the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the #14 seed in the West Region. The game will tip-off Thursday on truTV at 9:10 p.m. CT.

Texas A&M is the #4 Seed in the South Region

#4 Texas A&M comes into the tournament with a 22-10 record. The SEC was arguably the toughest and most competitive conference in basketball this season. The Aggies will face #13 Yale Thursday at 7:25 p.m. CT on TBS.

Baylor is the #9 Seed in the East Region

#9 Baylor enters the tournament with a record of 19-14. They will face #8 Mississippi State on Friday at 12:15 p.m. CT on CBS.

Houston is the #1 Seed in the Midwest Region

#1 Houston comes into the tournament with a 30-4 record. They will face #16 SIU Edwardsville on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. CT on TBS.

Texas Part of the First Four Play-in Games

The Longhorns were a bubble team this year, but they still made the tournament as a play-in team. The #11 Longhorns went 19-15 this year and will play #11 Xavier on Wednesday in a First Four matchup. That game will be played at 8:10 p.m. CT on truTV. The winner will face #6 Illinois on Friday at 7:45 p.m. CT on CBS.

You can see a full list of the NCAA Tournament here.