What To Watch: men’s, women’s regional finals start Monday

<p>What to watch on Monday at the NCAA tournaments in Indiana and Texas:</p>
<p>MEN</p>
<p>No. 2 seed Houston (27-3) vs. No. 12 seed Oregon State (20-12), Midwest Region final, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. Tipoff: 7:15 p.m. EDT on CBS.</p>
<p>Houston leads the nation in <a href="https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/149">field-goal percentage defense</a> (.370) this season. … Oregon State opponents are shooting just 31.3% overall and 23.1% from 3-point range in the NCAA Tournament. … Houston is seeking its first Final Four since getting there three straight times from 1982-84. … Oregon State hasn’t reached the Final Four since 1963. … Oregon State is the first No. 12 seed to reach the Elite Eight since Missouri in 2002. That Missouri squad lost a regional final to an Oklahoma team coached by Kelvin Sampson, who’s now at Houston.</p>
<p>No. 3 seed Arkansas (25-6) vs. No. 1 seed Baylor (25-2), South Region final, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. 9:57 p.m. EDT on CBS.</p>
<p>Baylor leads the nation in <a href="https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/152">3-point percentage</a> (.408). … Baylor also reached regional finals in 2010 and 2012. … Arkansas is in a regional final for the first time since 1995, when it lost to UCLA in the championship game. … Arkansas’ Justin Smith is averaging 20.3 points and 11 rebounds in three NCAA Tournament games. <a href="http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/statistics/player/_/stat/rebounds/sort/rebounds">He has the most rebounds in this tournament of anyone left in the field.</a></p>
<p>WOMEN</p>
<p>No. 2 seed Baylor (28-2) vs. No. 1 seed UConn (27-1), River Walk Region final, Alamodome, San Antonio. Tipoff: 7 p.m. EDT on ESPN.</p>
<p>UConn is seeking to extend its NCAA record by making its 13th straight Final Four appearance. … Baylor is the reigning national champion <a href="https://apnews.com/article/1f022002c0e64ab38c39bbf1af0eedb9">since it won the title in 2019.</a> … The series between these two powers is tied at 4-all, but Baylor won the past two meetings (in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ba442252675f42dab05438e3fe046eca">January 2019 </a> and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/a46d71752eaf6983c5ea055dbc3e8dcb">January 2020</a> ). Their scheduled regular-season matchup this year <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sports-womens-college-basketball-kim-mulkey-coronavirus-pandemic-college-basketball-100bf76470b60a126564393c36666b13">was called off </a> after Baylor coach Kim Mulkey tested positive for COVID-19. … UConn’s Paige Bueckers and Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith are <a href="https://apnews.com/article/womens-basketball-womens-college-basketball-basketball-maya-moore-kentucky-f33cc241b63e89787478c2b3a104fed0">Associated Press All-America</a> first-team selections.</p>
<p>No. 3 seed Arizona (19-5) vs. No. 4 seed Indiana (21-5), Mercado Region final, Alamodome, San Antonio, 9 p.m. on ESPN.</p>
<p>Arizona and Indiana are both in an NCAA regional final for the first time. Indiana reached the Elite Eight in the AIAW tournament back in 1973. … Arizona has Pac-12 Player of the Year Aari McDonald, who scored 31 points in a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/womens-college-basketball-arizona-march-madness-college-basketball-3a37381a396d68056bbc2496b18c2600">regional semifinal victory over Texas A&amp;M. …</a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/womens-college-basketball-indiana-march-madness-college-basketball-ddeb344f58f60e178d80d9d41d9964e5#:~:text=Ali%20Patberg%20scored%2017%20points,first%20time%20in%20school%20history.">Indiana got this far by beating No. 1 seed North Carolina State </a> in its regional semifinal. </p>
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