The Hurricanes have several capable ballhandlers with an offense that ranks within the top 20 of KenPom’s database, Miami hasn’t faced a defense as physically imposing and unyielding as Wichita State.
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No rest for the tired. Against a team like Wichita State, the Hurricanes will get punished if they do that again.
“I mean, give them credit, like coach said, they’ve done that to everybody this year”, York said.
The Shockers have the nation’s most efficient defense according to Kenpom, and it showed as much as anywhere with how the Shockers made life miserable for Allen, who had 11 points and six rebounds – but also seven turnovers with only two assists.
While we’d love to hold out hope, odds are that both of them will be in the National Basketball Association next year. We’re full of guys that played in tough leagues, tough AAU games. “Not that we would have been very good, but I think our energy would have been up”.
Miami finished third in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and is the 3-seed in the South Region. Arizona used a late run to make the score more respectable as the Shockers took the pedal off of the gas after getting out to a 24-point lead with 12 minutes to go.
The Wildcats watched it unfold on television, then held a meeting.
“I have great respect for Sean and what he does at Arizona”, he said. “We’re in for one heck of a battle”.
Here’s a look at some of Thursday’s most intriguing matchups to try and help you make last-minute bracket selections.
Gard’s Badgers dropped three straight Big Ten games in an eight day stretch in early January by a combined nine points, leaving them with a 9-9 (1-4 Big Ten) record.
Arizona’s big three of Anderson, York, and Allonzo Trier, each averaging 15 points, combined for 28.
We knew coming into the game that the Shockers’ back court was better and more experienced, but I’m not sure anyone thought their performances would be that one-sided. Arizona, on the other hand, has been up and down throughout the regular season, before falling in OT to OR in the Pac 12 tournament. “Didn’t guard as well as we needed to guard to have a chance to advance past Saturday”, Kansas Coach Bill Self said.
“We could have walked to Providence for all I care, I’m just happy to be in the tournament”, senior Fred VanVleet said.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – It didn’t take long for Wichita State to send a message to Arizona that the Wildcats were in for a long night.
That was VCU and Shaka Smart in 2011, en route to making history from the play-in game all the way to the Final Four.
“Those two individuals are the ultimate competitors”. “Obviously, they’ve proven that with their time at Wichita”. Fred and Ron really run their team, so it’s going to be a huge game tomorrow. The Wildcats won 73-61 in December 1951 and the Shockers 87-64 in December 1954.
The Shox will face Miami on Saturday at 11:10 pm CT. Miller is in his seventh season at Arizona.
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Heading into the start of the NCAA Tournament first round – thank goodness we can call it what it is again – there are a number of tough games to pick.
