Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Richmond Spiders men’s NCAA glance for Thursday: Time, TV, more

What: No. 16 Iowa (26-9) vs. Richmond (23-12) in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament first round

When/where: Thursday, 2:10 p.m. (CT), KeyBank Center, Buffalo, N.Y.

TV: truTV (Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood, Evan Washburn)

Livestream: NCAA.com

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates, including WMT (600), KKRQ-FM (100.7) and KXIC (800).

Series: First meeting

Seedings: Iowa is No. 5 in the Midwest Region, Richmond No. 12.

Common foes: Both defeated North Carolina Central. Iowa beat Utah State, while the Aggies defeated Richmond. Iowa was 2-0 against Maryland, while the Terrapins defeated Richmond, 86-80.

Records vs. NCAA tournament teams: Iowa 8-8, Richmond 2-1

NET rankings: Iowa is 14th, Richmond 81st

Line: Iowa by 10.5

Six facts:

1. Iowa is 4-0 in NCAA first-round games under Fran McCaffery. The Hawkeyes lost to Tennessee in the 2014 “First Four.”

2. Richmond is 3-0 over No. 5-seeds as a 12th-seed. Its eight wins when seeded 12th or worse are twice as many as any other school in tournament history.

3. No. 5-seeds are 93-51 all-time against No. 12-seeds. Iowa has done quite well as a No. 5. The other three times Iowa was a 5-seed, it went to the Final Four in 1980 and to the Sweet 16 in 1988 and 1999.

4. Iowa’s all-time NCAA record is 31-29. Richmond’s is 8-9. The Spiders are making their first appearance in the tournament since 2011.

5. McCaffery and Richmond Coach Chris Mooney are both Philadelphia natives.

6. The Spiders have players from 10 different states, Canada and Finland.

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