NCAA Tournament
Tuesday’s games (@ Dayton)
UMBC (-1.5) vs Howard
UMBC (24-8)
Retrievers won their last 12 games.
UMBC won America East (#30 league) by two games.
UMBC is 3-0 vs MEAC teams this year, winning by 2-14-34 points.
Retrievers have played the easiest schedule in the country.
UMBC is 22-3 vs teams ranked outside top 200.
UMBC is #15 teams on defensive boards.
KenPom rating: 185
Tempo: 242
Experience: 247
Continuity: 156
UMBC’s last NCAA tourney was 2018, when they upset Virginia in the first-ever upset by a 16-seed over a 1-seed
Howard (23-10)
Bison won their last eight games.
Howard won MEAC (#31 league) by a game.
Bison is #8 in country at forcing turnovers.
Howard is 6-6 in Division I non-conference games.
Bison is 1-4 vs teams in the top 200
Since 2013, MEAC teams are 3-11 in NCAA’s, 3-1 in play-in games.
KenPom rating: 207
Tempo: 89
Experience: 211
Continuity: 307
Howard is in the NCAA’s for third time in four years.
NC State (-1.5) vs Texas
NC State (20-13)
NC State lost seven of its last nine games.
Wolfpack were tied for 7th in the ACC.
NC State is 9-4 in non-conference games.
State is shooting 38.8% on the arc (#10)
Wolfpack is 4-9 vs teams ranked in top 50
45.3% of points State allows came on 3-pointers (#336)
KenPom rating: 20
Tempo: 86
Experience: 38
Continuity: 317
NC State is in NCAA’s for third time in four years.
Texas (18-14)
Texas lost five of its last five games.
Longhorns finished 10th in 16-team SEC
Texas gets 24.3% of their points on foul line (#20)
Texas is 9-4 in non-conference games.
Longhorns are 6-11 vs teams in the top 50
Sixth year in row in NCAA’s for Texas (5-5 last five years)
KenPom rating: 13
Tempo: 112
Experience: 4
Continuity: 123
Sixth year in row in NCAA’s for Texas (5-5 last five years)
Texas beat NC State 102-97 in Maui Classic in November; Longhorns shot 16-32 on arc in that game, scored 1.42 ppp