Michigan State: 11 seed, vs. UCLA Tom Izzo and Mick Cronin will match up in a rare First Four game for both of these programs. Izzo s Spartans started off the season just 10-9 but rallied down the stretch for three top-five wins against No. 5 Illinois, No. 4 Ohio State and No. 2 Michigan, all at home. While Michigan State did lose to Maryland in their first game of the Big Ten Tournament, the committee decided the Spartans’ strong wins to finish off the regular season was enough. Aaron Henry is Michigan State s leading scorer with 15.3 points per game. He is the only Spartan currently averaging double-digit points per game.
Quick reactions to Rutgers making the NCAA tournament for 1st time in 30 years: ‘Bring on Clemson’
Updated Mar 23, 2021;
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For the first time in three decades (lost in the first round to Arizona State on March, 15, 1991), Rutgers men’s basketball program has made the NCAA tournament. The Scarlet Knights (15-11) will face seventh-seeded Clemson (16-7) on Friday as a 10th seed, announced during the March Madness selection Sunday broadcast on ESPN.
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A nervous wait, a phone call from Phil Murphy and dancing at the home of the Indianapolis 500: How Rutgers celebrated its 1st NCAA bid in 30 years
Updated Mar 14, 2021;
Posted Mar 14, 2021
Rutgers athletics director Pat Hobbs (far right), Scarlet Knights coach Steve Pikiell (middle) and the Rutgers basketball team celebrate earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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Moments after the players celebrated seeing Rutgers pop onto the TV screen to officially earn an NCAA Tournament bid, Scarlet Knights coach Steve Pikiell gathered his team together to ask a simple question:
“I told them, ‘What are you going to do with this opportunity?’ ’ Pikiell said Sunday evening after Rutgers drew a No. 10-seed and a first-round NCAA Tournament matchup with No. 7-seed Clemson.
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