But winning 31 games matters. Miami finished 37th in WAB despite not accumulating one Quad 1 victory, mostly due to away game domination. Miami (Ohio) beat teams like Air Force, UNC Asheville, Eastern Kentucky and Wright State on the road in non-conference play. It finished with 14 road wins alone this season.

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If they can defeat SMU and then beat Tennessee in the first round, it would set them up with the winner of No. 3 Virginia and No. 14 Wright State in the Round of 32. A win there would push them into the Sweet 16, something their program hasn’t done since 1999.

Peyton Bair, Oregon, 6503 Kenneth Byrd, Louisville, 6132 Jip Degreef, Illinois, 6120 Luuk Pelkmans, Illinois, 6081 Ben Barton, BYU, 6025 Carter Morton, Northern Iowa, 6003 Zach McGlynn, North Dakota State,

Auburn basketball’s resume was not enough for the NCAA tournament selection committee, and the Tigers will miss out on March Madness this year. Auburn looking to become the first program to get an at-large bid with at least 16 losses.

Former Auburn coach Bruce Pearl reacted to his son's Tigers not getting into the NCAA Tournament on Selection Sunday.

The Spartans (25-7) landed the No. 3 seed in the East Region and will face No. 14 seed North Dakota State (27-7) in an opening-round game on Thursday (time TBA) at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo. The winner advances to face either 6 seed Louisville or 11 seed South Florida.

VCU will make its 21st March Madness appearance. The Rams made it all the way to the Final Four before losing in 2011.