Canes Open NCAA Tournament Against Michigan State In Tulsa

Wichita State earned a 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament’s South Regional Sunday, as announced on the event’s selection show, and will be the Missouri Valley Conference’s only representative. The streaks for both Krzyzewski and Izzo are active streaks. Oklahoma State, on the other hand, shouldn’t be faulted for falling to Iowa State. SC will play Marquette on Friday while Florida plays East Tennessee State on Thursday.

Miles Bridges wanted to be a part of the NCAA Tournament before he even knew what it was.

“I guess he’s never seen us play”. I hope the people appreciate it.

After attendees filed out of the room, fifth-year senior Phil Forte said MI was one of the hottest teams in the country. MI advanced to the Big Ten Tournament final with a 75-55 second-round win over Illinois (March 9), a 74-70 overtime victory over top-seeded Purdue in the quarterfinals (March 10), and an 84-77 triumph over Minnesota in the semifinals (March 11). MSU finished in a four-way tie for fifth place during the Big Ten regular season. Ultimately, the Wolverines ended up seeded seventh in the Midwest Region, where they will play Oklahoma State Friday. “It’s about on par with the course of the whole year – we weren’t supposed to be a tournament team”. More often than not (19 times in 32 years) a 1 seed wins it all.

The NCAA rewarded the Cards No. 2 overall schedule (in the RPI) with a No. 2 seed.

Michigan State (No.9 seed) and Purdue (No. 4 seed) are also in the Midwest Region. But that’s not a given by any stretch. The game will be on Friday in Indianapolis, Ind. “We gotta take every game like it’s our last”.

For the first time in three years, there was no drama.

On Friday, the Shockers (30-4) can answer the question building since early January – how good is this team and what will it do against quality opponents? It includes four freshmen, one of them a burgeoning superstar in Bridges, and three sophomores among the nine-man playing group.

Have fun filling out your brackets and keep it locked to TOC for more analysis in the coming days. He also averaged 12.6 rebounds but there is more to his game than just that. But that can be the exciting thing, too.

With a win Friday, the Cowboys would advance to play the victor of No. 2 Louisville (24-8) and No. 15 Jacksonville State (20-14) on March 19 in Indianapolis.

The bid means that the senior class, led by all-league first team guard Scoochie Smith, has made the tournament in each season.

Miami has faced Michigan State just once in program history, with the Spartans earning a 67-59 win on November 28, 2012.