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.
Conference: Big 12. Bid: At-Large. Region: South. Seed: No. 1. Tournament History: 14-12, 2 Final Fours in 12 appearances. Last appearance: 2019, lost to Gonzaga in the Second Round. Season Stats Top Scorers: Jared Butler 17.1; MaCio Teague 16.2; Davion Mitchell 14.1. Rebounds: Mark Vital 6.8; Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua 5.3; Avg team margin (plus-4.4). Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.37): Mitchell (5.4/2.6), 130 assists. Last 10 Games: 8-2. Worst Loss: 74-83 vs. Oklahoma St. on Mar. 12. The Skinny: Second-ranked Baylor won its first regular-season league championship since 1950, but the Bears have never won a conference tournament title. Theyll remain 0-3 in the Big 12 title game after losing in the semifinals to Oklahoma State and star freshman Cade Cunningham. Baylor has been through a tough late-season stretch after its COVID-19 pause as it tried to squeeze in as many makeup games as possible. The Cowboys were their sixth ranked opponent in the last six games.
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And then we got the bad news, Claude said.
That March 12 game never happened. A night earlier, the NBA shut down for COVID-19, and in a ripple effect, NCAA basketball was among the countless sports around the globe that went dark as well.
Now, the Nembhards have a trip to Indianapolis booked to hopefully witness history in the making.
After his transfer to Gonzaga last summer, Nembhard is part of a Bulldogs team that s seeded No. 1 in the NCAA tournament after a perfect 26-0 regular season. An NCAA title would make the Zags the first team to go unbeaten since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers.