March Madness taps the first four in Dayton | Colleges

Dayton, Ohio – North Carolina was a controversial selection for the NCAA tournament, but the Tar Heels can silence some skeptics with a victory against the state of San Diego this evening.

The winner will compete in Milwaukee against No. 6 seeds Mississippi on Friday.

The Tar Heels (22-13) seemed to be a long shot to make the tournament with a 1-12 record in Quad-1 games, but were selected thanks to a strong non-conference plan.

“I haven't heard bracketology,” said North Carolina coach Hubert Davis on Monday. “I didn't listen after our name was selected on CBS.

The inclusion of UNC has heated up some conspiracy theories, with sports director Bubba Cunningham being chairman of the selection committee.

Rules state that Cunningham could not take part in the debate about his team, so that the deputy chairman, Keith Gill, Commissioner of Sun Belt Conference, led discussions about the Tar -Heels.

San Diego State (21-9) will not make the Tar-Heels easy.

The Aztecs conduct the nation in the percentage defense of the field goals (.378) and take the 13th place in defensive efficiency.

RJ Davis wears the load for the Tar Heels with an average of 17 points and 3.7 templates.

For North Carolina, the seed no.

Trademarked enemies

When No. 11 played in Dayton on Wednesday evening on Wednesday evening, the teams will be met the NCAA tournament for the fourth time since 1990.

The Longhorns (19-15) defeated the Musketeers 83-71 in 2023 Sweet 16. In 2004 Xavier Texas 79-71 defeated the elite for eight before he had lost against Duke with the top law.

Zach Freemantle returned from an injury and scored an average of 19.8 points during a winning streak with seven games to close the regular season, and helped the Musketers (21-11) to return to the tournament after packaging last year.

The first four are expanding the outstanding new season for the Longhorns Guard Tre Johnson, who led the SEC with 19.8 points per game.

The winner will compete against Illinois in Milwaukee on Friday evening.

Unbelievable dancer

Saint Francis (PA) returned to the Arena of the University of Dayton after being the 19th team that the NCAA tournament reached with a loss of record.

The red flashes (16-17) face each other tonight in a matchup of No. 16 seeds against Alabama State (19-15). Teams with the loss of records that enter the NCAA tournament went 0-18.

Deep threat

No. 16 Seeds American (22-12) and Mount St. Mary's (22-12) will meet in Dayton on Wednesday evening, with the winner earning a date on Friday with the seed No. 1 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The player who pays attention to Americans is 6-foot 9-Matt Rogers, who heads the team with 59 3-converter.

Dola Adebayo leads Mount St. Mary with 13.2 points per game. The mountaineers scored an average of more than 70 points per game and shot 34% compared to 3-point range this season.

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