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2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket Update: Elite 8 Schedule Set, Baylor To Play Kentucky For Trip To Final 4

The regional finals are set for this weekend with each of the winners punching their tickets to the Final Four in New Orleans. On Saturday the West and East regions will be on display on Saturday with the Midwest and South finals on Sunday.

Baylor moved on after a big game by Quincy Acy who put on a dunking clinic and leading Baylor in scoring with 20 points in their win over No. 10 seeded Xavier.In the South region top-seeded Kentucky got revenge against Indiana in a shoot out where Kentucky won 102-90.

In the West region Louisville advance from the Sweet 16 round by upsetting No. 1 seed Michigan State on Thursday night and Florida moved on by defeating No. 3 seed Marquette. Out in the East region Syracuse is still alive even though they do not have Fab Melo and they made it to the regional final by squeaking past Wisconsin by one point. Ohio State advanced by crushing No. 6 seed Cincinnati.

In the Midwest region North Carolina advances by defeating No. 13 seed Ohio in overtime and did so without Kendall Marshall, and on the other side it is Kansas who started off slow but rallied back to defeat N.C. State.

Here is the regional finals schedule:

Saturday:

West: No. 4 Louisville Cardinals vs. No. 7 Florida Gators, 4:30 p.m. ET, CBS
East: No. 1 Syracuse Orange vs. No. 2 Ohio St. Buckeyes, 7:05 p.m. ET, CBS

Sunday:

South: No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats vs. No. 3 Baylor Bears, 2:20 p.m. ET, CBS
Midwest: No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels vs. No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks, 5:05 p.m. ET, CBS

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