NCAA chair @SeminoleAlford on why Mississippi State hosted over Arkansas:
“They (Miss St) had a very strong conference schedule”
Miss State: 12th SOS
4-6 in SEC series (1-1 SEC Tourney)
Arkansas: 8th SOS
7-3 in SEC series (3-1 SEC Tourney)
Let me tell you something right now. Maria Jose Marin @majomarinn is a super star. I had such fun getting to meet her today. Her amazing championship performance @anwagolf has inspired me for my week @TheMasters. Woo Pig Sooie @RazorbackWGolf#ANWAgolf
Darius Acuff with 36 points and six assists as Arkansas beats High Point.
The best PG in college basketball.
The best freshman PG to ever play for John Calipari.
Darius Acuff Jr. of @RazorbackMBB is the only player to have 60+ points, 10+ assists & 5 or fewer turnovers over any 2-game span in the NCAA Tournament (since assists became official in 1983-84).
He did it in his first 2 tourney games as a freshman.
Tonight is the night that the people who haven’t watched Miami (OH) and questioned their metrics are realizing there was a reason why they were undefeated 31 games into the season.
They’re good at basketball. They make and take good threes. They don’t turn the ball over. Winners
Tonight @MiamiOH_BBall:
scored 80+ points
dished out 20+ assists
made 15+ threes
had fewer than 5 turnovers
Never in NCAA Tournament history had any team done that in a game.
The @MiamiOH_BBallwith a solid W over SMU 89-79 as they hit 16 3’s in @MarchMadnessMBB .Now the RED HAWKS head to Philly where they will face @Vol_Hoops The Red Hawks are now 32-1 & showed they belong in the Big Dance !
Happy for Miami University.
Happy for Wally Szczerbiak.
But most of all, happy for Travis Steele.
Four years after his tenure ends at Xavier, Steele beats a power conference team in an NCAA Tournament game down the road from the Cintas Center.
Life is beautiful.
If only Miami (OH) had beaten Boston College or Oklahoma State in December.
They would've been so much more deserving of this stage they've been given tonight 😉😉