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PHOTOS: Practice Day for Round 1 of March Madness

After their practice, members of the Texas A&M basketball team walk the basketball floor of Ball Arena hand in hand while saying a prayer. Eight collegiate basketball teams are in Denver for the first and second round of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament to determine the national champion. Texas A&M will play Yale tomorrow at 5:25 P.M. There will be four games in the first round on Thursday and the four winners will play Saturday at Ball Arena to see who goes to the next round. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
After their practice, members of the Texas A&M basketball team walk the basketball floor of Ball Arena hand in hand while saying a prayer. Eight collegiate basketball teams are in Denver for the first and second round of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament to determine the national champion. Texas A&M will play Yale tomorrow at 5:25 P.M. There will be four games in the first round on Thursday and the four winners will play Saturday at Ball Arena to see who goes to the next round. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Members of the University of California-San Diego band practice while their basketball team practices at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Eight collegiate basketball teams are in Denver for the first and second round of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament to determine the national champion. There will be four games in the first round on Thursday and the four winners will play Saturday at Ball Arena to see who goes to the next round. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Members of the University of California-San Diego band practice while their basketball team practices at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Eight collegiate basketball teams are in Denver for the first and second round of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament to determine the national champion. There will be four games in the first round on Thursday and the four winners will play Saturday at Ball Arena to see who goes to the next round. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
UC San Diego’s Chris Howell hauls in a pass while the team runs during practice day on Thursday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
UC San Diego’s Chris Howell hauls in a pass while the team runs during practice day on Thursday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
UC San Diego’s Nordin Kapic shoots the ball while Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones and Chris Howell wait to take their turn during practice day on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
UC San Diego’s Nordin Kapic shoots the ball while Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones and Chris Howell wait to take their turn during practice day on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Members of the Michigan band practice while their basketball team practices at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Eight collegiate basketball teams are in Denver for the first and second round of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament to determine the national champion.There will be four games in the first round on Thursday and the four winners will play Saturday at Ball Arena to see who goes to the next round. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Members of the Michigan band practice while their basketball team practices at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Eight collegiate basketball teams are in Denver for the first and second round of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament to determine the national champion.There will be four games in the first round on Thursday and the four winners will play Saturday at Ball Arena to see who goes to the next round. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Michigan’s Charlie May plays basketball for his father and Michigan Head Coach Dusty May. He was practicing with the team on March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Michigan’s Charlie May plays basketball for his father and Michigan Head Coach Dusty May. He was practicing with the team on March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
UC San Diego’s Milos Vicentic shoots the ball during practice day on Thursday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. Vicentic is from Serbia and his father coached Nikola Jokic. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
UC San Diego’s Milos Vicentic shoots the ball during practice day on Thursday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. Vicentic is from Serbia and his father coached Nikola Jokic. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Daniel Simon, the son of Yale Asst. Head Coach Justin Simon, makes himself comfortable on the March Madness logo in the middle of the court at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
Daniel Simon, the son of Yale Asst. Head Coach Justin Simon, makes himself comfortable on the March Madness logo in the middle of the court at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
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Yale’s Bez Mbeng shoots the ball during Yale’s practice for NCAA March Madness practice at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
Yale’s Bez Mbeng shoots the ball during Yale’s practice for NCAA March Madness practice at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
Texas A&M’s Wade Taylor IV handles the ball during practice day on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Texas A&M’s Wade Taylor IV handles the ball during practice day on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
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Owen Prem with the Yale band does a selfie during Yale’s practice for NCAA March Madness practice at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
Owen Prem with the Yale band does a selfie during Yale’s practice for NCAA March Madness practice at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
Michigan fans watch them practice from the stands during practice day on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Michigan fans watch them practice from the stands during practice day on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Ball Arena for the NCAA March Madness tournament. The first round of the tournament starts on Thursday. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
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