State back to full strength for Big Dance

The Musketeers could be poised to break through this season.

The only questions about Texas A&M (20-12) on Selection Sunday were when, where and with whom the Aggies would meet in the "Big Dance" that is the NCAA basketball tournament.

"The tournament is so unique", coach Chris Mack said Sunday.

"I think we are heading into the tournament with a lot of confidence", Jans said. I know he's a good scorer. Before I unveil my 2018 March Madness bracket picks, let me explain my thought process. All four of the tournament's No. 1 seeds - Virginia, Villanova, Kansas, Xavier - have been caught up in allegations of rule-breaking that have come up through an FBI investigation and resulting news coverage detailing potential NCAA violations.

"No fewer than a dozen teams in the tournament have been named either in the FBI investigation or in media reports that allege coaches and others have directed payments and improper benefits to recruits and players - thus, breaking rules that go to the core of the amateur-sports code that defines both the NCAA and the "student-athletes" who make this billion-dollar business run".

The 6-foot-2 freshman is coming off a historic season in which he earned comparisons to Stephen Curry and became the first player ever to lead the nation in points (27.5) and assists (8.9) per game.

The most challenging region appeared to be the Midwest.

The victor of the eighth-seeded Creighton versus ninth-seeded Kansas State game would be a second-round opponent for Virginia if the heavily favored Cavaliers defeat UMBC. In fact, potentially 40% of the top 10 picks in this year's draft will be in Pittsburgh for the opening round of the NCAA Tournament: Alabama's Sexton, Oklahoma's Trae Young, and Duke's Marvin Bagley and Wendell Carter.

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Blueitt's return was a huge boon to the Musketeers. Three of them play first-round games in the same arena. It features a possible second-round South matchup between No. 5 Kentucky and No. 4 Arizona, each of which won their conference tournaments.

The Longhorns qualified for the NCAA Tournament as the 10-seed in the South Region.

"I'm thankful for the experience of playing in the NCAA Tournament", Williams said. "The volume wasn't up high enough to hear". But he did point out that second-seeded Duke and No. 3 seed Michigan State join Kansas in the annual Champions Classic, and the trio was among the top four teams in the preseason Top 25.

No. 3 MI vs.

Here is the complete schedule for the First Four games and the entire Round of 64. Of the players on this year's team, only Justin Bibbs, Justin Robinson and Ahmed Hill played in last year's NCAA Tournament loss to Wisconsin. Wichita State has been inconsistent, though, and lost two of its final three games, including to Cincinnati in the AAC tournament semifinals.

Calipari also cautioned against taking the SEC lightly a year after SC was one of the biggest surprises of the tournament. The Bonnies are 5-5 all-time against Pac-12 opponents. The Cougars then ran through the CAA Tournament and earned the conference's automatic NCAA Tournament berth with an 83-76 win against Northeastern.

But if Division I's average adjusted tempo is a little more than 68 possessions per game, per KenPom.com, there is a decided outlier: With 59.2 possessions per game, Virginia is the slowest team in college basketball.

The Zags are the No. 4 seed in the West and will open at UNC-Greensboro on Thursday in Boise.

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