By Associated Press - Thursday, March 23, 2017

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Top seeds Gonzaga and Kansas are among the teams preparing to play in Thursday’s Sweet 16 games of the NCAA Tournament.

The Jayhawks are the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region, which holds its semifinals in Kansas City, Missouri. The Jayhawks will face fourth-seeded Purdue, while No. 3 seed Oregon meets surging 7-seed Michigan in the region’s other game.

Gonzaga tops the West bracket and faces No. 4 seed West Virginia in games set for San Jose, California. The other regional semifinal features No. 2 seed Arizona and 11-seed Xavier, the lowest-seeded team left in the field.

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The winner of Thursday’s games advance to the Elite Eight and will play Saturday for a trip to the Final Four.

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