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NCAA Tournament 2015 schedule: Kentucky, Wisconsin look to book Final Four trips

Saturday features an Elite Eight rematch of Wisconsin and Arizona, while Notre Dame looks to pull the upset against Kentucky.

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Only eight teams remain in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, and on Saturday the field will be slimmed to six with two teams booking their trips to the Final Four.

The Elite Eight action will begin in the West region on TBS at 6:09 p.m. ET when the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers and No. 2 Arizona Wildcats rematch their overtime classic from 2014.

In that game, it was No. 2 Wisconsin that edged No. 1 Arizona in overtime, 64-63, at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Arizona sophomore Rondae-Hollis Jefferson was a freshman at the time when he tied the game by putting back an air ball by Nick Johnson to force overtime. Johnson was called for an offensive foul in the final seconds and missed another would-be winner a little later to send the Badgers to the Final Four.

This year, Wisconsin and Arizona will tip off at Staples Center in Los Angeles, featuring the same Hollis-Jefferson vs. Sam Dekker and Frank Kaminsky matchups that made their 2014 meeting memorable

The Midwest Region will also be decided on Saturday night when the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish look to take down the undefeated No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats on TBS at 8:49 p.m.

Through three games in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, Kentucky has won by an average of 25 points, including a 78-39 dismantling of No. 5 West Virginia. Simply put, Kentucky has been a buzzsaw.

Notre Dame is on a hot streak of its own though, with an eight-game winning streak that began at just the right time. After winning the ACC Tournament, Notre Dame survived close battles with Northeastern and Butler before shooting the lights out in the second half against Wichita State, shooting 75 percent from the field and from beyond the arc in the final 20 minutes en route to an 81-70 victory.

The full schedule is below.

West Region: No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers vs. No. 2 Arizona Wildcats, 6:09 p.m. ET, TBS

Midwest Region: No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats vs. No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 8:49 p.m., TBS

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