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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Round of 32 gets underway at the NCAA Tournament, LeBron hits the hardwood, and the WBC stages a semifinal.

The search for Cinderella . . .

Two No. 1 seeds and three No. 2 seeds will be trying to advance to the Sweet 16 on Saturday as the NCAA Tournament begins its Round of 32. North Carolina, the top seed in the South Region, will take on No. 8 LSU, with the Tar Heels pegged as 11-point favorites. As well Connecticut, the top seed in the West Region, will take on No. 9 Texas A&M. The Huskies are listed as 10-point faves. Round 2 betting previews for Saturday are up.

The No. 2’s in action on Saturday are Memphis (West), Duke (East), and Oklahoma (South), with each of those teams pegged as sizeable favorites in their second-round matchups. Duke is giving 7 points to No. 7 Texas, while Oklahoma is favored by 6.5 points against No. 10 Michigan, and Memphis has been tagged as a 9-point favorite against No. 10 Maryland, who knocked off Cal on Thursday. Check out the complete college basketball odds

The other three games on the NCAA Tournament schedule for Saturday are No. 5 Purdue vs. No. 4 Washington (-1) in the West, No. 6 UCLA vs. No. 3 Villanova (-1.5) in the East, and No. 12 Western Kentucky vs. No. 4 Gonzaga (-10) in the South. The Hilltoppers pulled off a first-round upset for the second tourney in a row, knocking off No. 5 Illinois 76-72 behind 17 points from Steffphon Pettigrew.

The LateInfo is in the midst of not only the best college basketball season ever recorded but the top NCAA Tournament three-year run ever hitting 10 straight since 2007. That included East Tennessee on Friday.

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Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .

LeBron James and the Cavaliers will get a visit from the Hawks in a matchup of top Eastern Conference teams on Saturday afternoon.  The Cavs are coming off a 97-92 win over the Trail Blazers on Thursday night, with James picking up 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in the contest. The Hawks also grabbed a victory Thursday, getting 24 points from Joe Johnson in a 95-87 win over Dallas.

The Magic will host the Knicks on Saturday night, while Boston is at Memphis, and the Lakers will take on the Bulls in Chicago. As well, it’ll be Indiana at Charlotte, Portland at Milwaukee, and Washington at Phoenix. The Suns won a high-scoring game against Philly on Wednesday, as Shaquille O’Neal tossed in 26 points and grabbed 11 boards in a 126-116 victory. Steve Nash had 24 points.

Taking a trip around the rink . . .

Alexander Ovechkin and the Capitals will be on the road on Saturday night to take on the division-rival Hurricanes in one of eight games on the NHL schedule. The Caps and Canes have already met twice in the month of March in Washington, with each team picking up one victory. Ovechkin scored his 50^th goal of the season in Washington‘s 5-2 win over the Lightning on Thursday night.

The Stars and Sharks will meet in San Jose in the only matinee on the NHL’s schedule for Saturday (4:00pm ET), while the evening slate also includes Toronto at Montreal, Buffalo at the Rangers, the Islanders at Ottawa, Columbus at Florida, Atlanta at Tampa Bay, and Vancouver at Phoenix. The Canucks are trying to chase down the Flames for top spot in the Northwest Division standings.

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

The first of two World Baseball Classic semifinal matchups is set for Saturday night, with Korea taking on Venezuela at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium. The Venezuelans won Pool 2 with a 10-6 victory over the United States on Wednesday, while Korea fell 6-2 to Japan in the Pool 1 final on Thursday night. The winner of Saturday’s game will move on the WBC championship on Monday.