The Catamounts play slow-paced and deny the 3-pointer, but this Duke team isn’t as 3-point dependent as the ones from a decade ago. This Duke team shoots well from deep, but is far more willing to get inside.
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When all eyes are on the Huskies, they’ve been susceptible to off-days. That shouldn’t matter against Stetson, but this game could give a clue as to whether Connecticut can stave off the champion’s curse.
The final game of the Round of 64 features the Grand Canyon Antelopes vs St. Mary’s Gaels in the always popular 5-vs-12 matchup. The Antelopes (29-4) have won five games in a row and dominated conference play this season.
The Auburn Tigers (26-7) look to right the ship for the SEC on Friday with a statement win against Ivy League tournament champions, the Yale Bulldogs (21-9). The Tigers are one of the most well-balanced teams in the tournament. They play excellent defense and follow that up with fast-paced offense. Overmatched teams have difficulty keeping up with Auburn.Â
North Carolina State entered the ACC Tournament as the 10th seed and shocked the basketball world by winning five in a row to take the title and the automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
When things go wrong for South Carolina, they really go off the rails. Against teams that love to run, the Gamecocks proved pretty helpless pretty quickly.
Can Oregon take advantage? Oregon coach Dana Altman is 7-0 in the NCAA tournament first round as the Ducks’ leader.
This promises to be one of the most physical and exciting games in the East region this year. The Mississippi State Bulldogs are coming off a red-hot SEC tournament in which they upset the #1 seeded Tennessee Volunteers. They fell a hair short of the SEC championship after losing to Auburn, but they covered, which is sometimes all that matters.Â