BASKETBALL Raiders Dancing! #15 Middle Tennessee vs #2 Michigan State

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Midwest

Friday/Sundya

St Louis

Michigan State 2 vs MT 15 seed





NCAA Tournament No. 1 Seeds -North Carolina -Kansas -Virginia -Oregon (23 combined losses among the four)

Misc:

Vanderbilt in a play in game against Wichita state fpf 11 in Dayton
Peay goes up against Kansas
South Dakota State a 12 seed
UNC Asheville a 15 seed
VCU 10 seed

chattanooga a 12 seed

Only 10 of 31 conference top seeds won their tourneys.

 

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Michigan State's schedule this season

roster

statistics

 

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117 - 7

the record all time, 2 seeds against 15 seeds

 

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[C-Bow]

15 seed is a joke. I'm sorry, but it is.

 

[MightyRaider]

15 seed is a joke. I'm sorry, but it is.

Michigan State should have been a 1 seed. Sounds like we were viewed as the worst of the 15's which is even more ludicrous.

 

[MTLynn]

Ouch - Michigan State always plays great in the tourney

 

[MTBig Blue]

Horrible, horrible seed.

 

[dukewayne]

Yep, a terrible seed. Not only a rotten 15 seed, but vs Mich St who should have been a 1 seed. Almost like giving MT a 16 seed. Unacceptable, but what can you do? No one has been giving MT much of any chance all along this season, hopefully the team will use it as motivation.

 

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It's a tough situation. Sparty thinks they should have been a #1 seed - they have a rpi of 11, MT has an rpi of 78. Haven't had time to look at the other 15 seeds, 14 seeds, or 13 seeds for that matter to see how that stacks up.

I do have the feeling that the committee spent all of 2 or 3 minutes once they got past the 12 seeds, on the rest.

 

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http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-rpi

 

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goblueraiders.com:

BLUE RAIDERS TO FACE MICHIGAN STATE IN ST. LOUIS

 

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DNJ:

Middle Tennessee to play Michigan State in St. Louis

 

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The Big Lead:

NCAA Tournament Schedule, Announcers, and Point Spreads

Michigan St. (-16.5) vs. Middle Tennessee

 

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Lansing State Journal:

Get to know MSU's first opponent, Middle Tennessee

excerpt:

...The Spartans have played MTSU only once, an MSU home win during December of Magic Johnson's freshman season in 1977-78. The Blue Raiders are in their eighth NCAA tournament, having last made the field in 2013, but this marks just their second appearance in 27 seasons.

“It’s going to be one of the best weeks at Middle Tennessee State University in a long, long time this next week,” Blue Raiders coach Kermit Davis told reporters after the Conference USA championship game.

Their lone common opponent this season was Florida Atlantic, which has former Spartan star Eric Snow as an assistant coach. MSU defeated the Owls 82-55 on Nov. 13, while Middle Tennessee defeated them twice, 85-73 and 76-59.

Sophomore Giddy Potts, a 6-foot-2 guard, leads MTSU in scoring at 15.0 points per game and is a lethal 3-point shooter, making 50.3 percent (73 of 145) from beyond the arc. That leads all of Division I, just ahead of MSU’s Bryn Forbes.....

 

[RandallThomason]

Seeding is a total joke. Look at Buffalo's resume and tell me how that team is above us. We have a better RPI, better record and a common opponent in Old Dominion. We beat ODU twice. ODU steamrolled Buffalo.

 

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college spun

Michigan State vs. Middle Tennessee – Game Time, TV Channel, Announcers, Betting Line, Predictions

 

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Detroit Free Press:

Analysts 'shocked' Michigan State isn't a No. 1 seed

Michigan State is No. 2 seed in NCAAs, opens vs. Middle Tennessee

MSU rallies around Izzo, Valentine to win B1G title

MSU can win it all, if they have the willpower

 

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Detroit Free Press:

A quick look at Michigan State's first NCAA foe, Middle Tennessee

 

[MTBig Blue]

Overall, this is probably the worst job I've ever seem a selection committee do. As another poster said, it looks like they concentrated on the 1-4 seeds (they even messed some of those up) and pulled the rest of the names out of a hat.

 

[blueraiderJT]

Vandy getting an 11 seed play in game with 19 wins? Are you kidding me? SMH

 

[MTCasey]

According to the 1-68 seed list the committee used, we were #59 overall, which amounts to the highest 15-seed. Sounds like we just missed a 14, which would have been appropriate. Of course, because of the z-matrix-style seeding and accounting for geography, we landed the toughest 2 in MSU, who pretty much everyone agreed should have been a 1 without question.

On the plus side, I believe St. Louis is the closest first-weekend site to us, easily driveable, and we're playing a great team that may win it all. It's a great opportunity to see our Raiders on the biggest stage, which we've waited for for a long time (the play-in just didn't feel the same). At least we didn't end up in Spokane!

 

[Hop45]

I do like the potential of TX/TX A&M in the "3rd" round. Makes for a good story after A&M went to the SEC.

 

[dukewayne]

I'm thinking the overall conference RPI probably hurt MT and UAB. The seedings made a little more sense when it came out that UAB is a 7 seed in the NIT. Not saying it's right. Just saying that may have been a pretty sizable factor consider MT ought to have been a 14 or 13. In the NIT, I really thought UAB would be a 2 or 3 seed. Did not see the 7 seed happening at all for UAB.

C-USA is going to have to get it's ooc scheduling act together this offseason.

 

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Detroit News:

Middle Tennessee’s Harris eager to face Michigan State

The State News:
http://statenews.com/article/2016/03/five-things-about-middle-tennessee-state
Five things to know about Middle Tennessee, MSU's NCAA Tournament first-round opponent

 

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Game time EST?

 

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The Detroit News:

Michigan State wary of 3-point ace Giddy Potts

 

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SBNation - The Only Colors (MSU):

Better Know an NCAA Tournament Opponent: The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

 

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sicom:

NCAA tournament team previews: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

 

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nj.com:

March Madness 2016: Ranking the 68 NCAA Tournament mascots