NCAA Tournament dishes Virginia a tough road as top team

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The Friars are one of six Big East teams gaining dance invites, along with top seeds Villanova (vs. LIU-Brooklyn or Radford in Pittsburgh) and Xavier (vs. NC Central or Texas Southern in Nashville); Creighton earned a #8 seed in the South Region and will face 9th seeded Kansas State (also in Charlotte); Seton Hall received an 8-seed in the Midwest and plays #9 North Carolina State in Wichita, KS Thursday and Butler received a 10-seed in the East, facing #7 Arkansas in Detroit, MI Friday. The Lumberjacks knocked off West Virginia in 2016 as a No. 14 seed and then gave Notre Dame a terrific game before falling 76-75. But I have not watched them. "It will be a physical war".

"We started this journey, this year, with a goal", Hurley said. But the program has been known as much for its early NCAA exits as it has for a 159-21 record with four Big East regular-season titles in the last five seasons. They were projected to be seeded sixth or as high as fifth if they would've had a successful run in the Southeastern Conference Tournament last week. The murderer's row Calipari heard about could start in the second round with a potential matchup against top National Basketball Association draft prospect DeAndre Ayton and his 4th-seeded Arizona Wildcats. That's just how the business works and how March Madness works. I know he's a good scorer. "We'll get in this week, get a game plan together, get ready to go for Friday". "He's really good and averaging a ton of points". Senior guard Trevon Bluiett - who averaged 25 points in the Musketeers' three tournament wins last season - again leads Xavier with 19.5 points and a 42 percent clip on 3-pointers. Guard Alpha Diallo averages 13 points and 6.6 boards, while point guard Kyron Cartwright averages 11.8 points and 5.7 assists.

"I think we are heading into the tournament with a lot of confidence", Jans said. It would be a great matchup.

The Aztecs came out of nowhere to claim the Mountain West's automatic bid, winning their last nine games and jumping from No. 79 in Kenpom.com's rankings to No. 50 in that stretch. There's an undeniable chance the team cutting down the nets in San Antonio on April 2 could be forced to forfeit its title a few years down the road, after the NCAA sorts through the damage.

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So they could score the two goals and that made the game not easy". "But our team was always in control". We have to defend these two situations better and we have to be clinical", he said.

The Aggies have involved two years ago when they defeated Wisconsin-Green Bay and made a historical rally to defeat Northern Iowa to reach the Sweet Sixteen. "It's a concern. But with what this team has gone through this year, who cares?" coach Tom Izzo said. But this year, won't happen. "It was just the intensity level". It really can not get much better than watching cinderella stories do the impossible, or buzzer beaters a plenty.

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We'll go with No. 13 UNC- Greensboro over Gonzaga.

Ryan Odom, who is in his second season leading the Retrievers, grew up in Charlottesville when his father, Dave Odom, was an assistant coach at UVa from 1982-89.

Boeheim was watching the show along with the Syracuse players in the team's lounge at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center. "They're not going to make it easy for us, and they can all say, 'This is all by the numbers and all that.' OK".

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