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The men’s NCAA Tournament continues Friday, March 22, with the final 16 first-round games, and using our FanDuel North Carolina promo code to bet on hoops is your ticket to a $250 guaranteed bonus.

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The men’s first round wraps up Friday, and there several extra-intriguing matchups on the slate.

It all tips off at 12:15 p.m. ET in East Region as ninth-seeded Northwestern takes on eighth-seeded Florida Atlantic, which is trying to replicate last season’s surprise run to the Final Four.

Later, three of the four regional top seeds will be in action as the East’s Connecticut (2:45 p.m. vs. Stetson ), the Midwest’s Purdue (7:25 p.m. vs. Grambling) and the South’s Houston (9:20 p.m. vs. Longwood) take the floor in their various regions.

And of interest to a certain segment of the Tar Heel State, South No. 4 seed Duke opens tourney play by taking on 13th-seeded Vermont in 7:10 p.m. matchup in Brooklyn.

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