NCAA Tournament: Miami Hurricanes Seeded 8th in Midwest Region

The No. 9 seed in the Midwest Region, Michigan State will play No. 8 seed Miami (FL) at about 9:15 p.m. ET, or shortly after the Kansas vs NC Central/UC Davis game.

NKU and Kentucky will play in the March 17/19 (Friday/Sunday) games. Malik Monk leads the team with 20.4 points per game while Edrice Adebayo leads the team with 7.8 rebounds per game and De’Aaron Fox leads the team with 4.8 assists per game this season. Never quite with so much inexperience.

They presumably sealed the deal with a decisive win against Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament, but it wasn’t a sure thing until the Spartans saw the words “Michigan State” pop up on the bracket during CBS’ Selection Sunday television broadcast. “Nick (Ward) is a different bird in there”. These matchups are as close to a toss-up as you get in the tournament.

“We’re very excited to be going to Indianapolis for our fans”. “I think we have a blueprint in how to do it”. Honestly, we’re just having fun right now. If MSU advances, it is likely that they’ll be pitted against no. 1 Kansas. Miami had a couple of big wins against Duke and North Carolina.

No. 4 seed Florida minus-12 vs. But the Jayhawks aren’t as overwhelming as their record.

The NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments bring together college basketball’s best teams in sudden death games until champions are crowned.

UofL should cruise past Jacksonville State, which is coached by former Western Kentucky coach Ray Harper.

Preseason expectation: Six Big Ten teams were ahead of MI in the major polls in the preseason (Michigan was 42 in the AP and 44 in the Coaches).

For the Wildcats, freshman point guard De’Aaron Fox is playing some of his best basketball of the season, and picked up SEC Most Outstanding Player honors.

“When it got really rough, not one of my kids moved”, Calipari said.

“My team is crushed”, Illinois State coach Dan Muller said. We might find out.

Pinder, the son of former Harlem Globetrotter and NBL star Kendal “Tiny” Pinder is a key member of a team expected to at least receive a second seed and make a run at the title.

“We had a total of eight brackets that were built, but had contingencies to build up to 25”, Hollis said.

The appearance is the third under Head Coach Jim Larrañaga, in his six seasons with the Hurricanes.

MI probably deserved to be seeded higher, but if the Wolverines had been higher, some other team that could cause problems would be standing in OSU’s way.