The last time Nebraska made it, they were a ten-seed and lost in the first round to Baylor.
Duke also received a No. 2 seed in the Midwest and will take on 15th-seeded Iona on Thursday in Pittsburgh.
"I don't think it's just going to be a little blip on the radar", said John Tauer, the championship-winning coach at Division III St. Thomas in Minnesota, who doubles as a social psychology professor.
Best player: Deandre Ayton, C, Arizona - He's vying to be the top pick in the National Basketball Association draft and he's got a great chance of fueling his Wildcats to a deep tournament run. The SEC sent eight teams and the Big 12 sent seven. This team's prepared. Are we good enough at this time, with eight guys, to pull it off?
UNC's resume, with 14 "Quadrant 1" wins, and the No. 1-ranked strength of schedule, was deemed superior to Duke's by the NCAA tournament selection committee.
College basketball is in trouble.
Montana's deepest run in the NCAA Tournament came during the 1974-75 season, when Jud Heathcote guided the Grizzlies to the Sweet 16. The lone exception? That 2014 CT team.
When Davidson upset Rhode Island in the A-10 Tournament final, all the bubble teams were threatened. The Bearcats are the No. 2 seed, and have the No. 2 defense in the country, behind Virginia.
Time to dance: Auburn returns to the NCAA Tournament
How healthy he can be next week when Missouri faces Florida State in the first round will determine how far the Tigers can go. Purifoy and Wiley were ruled out due to eligibility concerns on November 2 and have not appeared in a game this season.
Temple to face Penn State in NIT
Led by guard Tony Carr, the Big Ten's leading scorer (19.9 points per game), Penn State will be considered a top NIT contender. The Nittany Lions reached the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational in 2014 following a 16-18 record.
TL;DR: Karachi to host Windies for T20I series
Karachi will also host the PSL final on March 25, while Lahore will host two play-off games on March 20 and 21. The PCB chairman concluded: "The PSL final, and now three more games for Karachi as per routine".
Virginia Tech is well coached by Buzz Williams. Notre Dame, USC, Baylor, Louisville and Oklahoma State were all left out of the tournament. The Hokies are on a bit of a slide, having lost three of their last four.
Senior Marvin Smith of the Spartans said after beating East Tennessee State in the Southern Conference championship game that they are committed to each other.
He mentioned Oklahoma's six wins against top-35 RPI teams, including Kansas, Texas Tech and Wichita State, and that the Sooners' slump impacted their seeding. They lost to Kentucky 93-86 in December.
Montana is coached by Travis DeCuire, who is in his fourth season at the helm and sports an 83-48 record with the Grizzlies.
The Hokies have an experienced roster.
Lyles, a 6-foot-2 guard from DeMatha in Hyattsville, Maryland, originally signed with VCU and later transferred to Robert Morris, where he did not play. The Hokies like to push the offense and have excellent shooters.
No team from 2018 quite compares to the Jayhawks, but one comes close thanks to its remarkable play on the defensive end. They score a ton of points off three-pointers, which can be risky, but they're also the second-best shooting team in the nation inside the arc and don't rely on foul shots to score.
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