As North Carolina, Marquette Are Tipping Off The NCAA Tournament This Afternoon In Fort Worth Texas They Are Both Looking To Rebound, Advance To Play Winner Of Baylor, Norfolk State In Second Round
North Carolina is tipping off the NCAA Tournament verses Marquette today in the East Region in Fort Worth Texas.
North Carolina is the 8 seed in the East Region while Marquette is a 9 seed in the East Region.
North Carolina is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference!
North Carolina has a record of 24-9!
Marquette has a record of 19-12!
As North Carolina Marquette are tipping off the NCAA Tournament this afternoon in Fort Worth Texas they are both looking to rebound, advance to play winner of Baylor Norfolk State in second round because they both lost in their conference tournaments.
North Carolina lost to Virginia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Friday March 11, 2022 in Brooklyn New York by a score of 59-72.
Why?
Darius Maddox, Keve Aluma and Virginia Tech dominated No. 25 North Carolina 72-59 on Friday night to advance to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game for the first time — and prevent another matchup between the Tar Heels and rival Duke.
Seventh-seeded Virginia (22-12) will face the top-seeded Blue Devils on Saturday night at Barclays Center, trying to deny retiring coach Mike Krzyzewski his 16th ACC championship in his final conference tournament.
Maddox scored 20 points and was 4 for 5 from 3-point range and Aluma had 18 points for the Hokies, who will try to become the second team to win the ACC Tournament with four victories in four days.
Virginia Tech is a relative newcomer to the conference, having joined in 2004. The Hokies have won four football championships since joining, but have been unable to break through the Blue Bloods in basketball.
Until now.
Third-year coach Mike Young's team has been rolling since losing five games in January. The Hokies have won 12 of 14 to put themselves in position to win an ACC championship and maybe earn an NCAA at-large bid no matter what happens against Duke.
On Friday night in Brooklyn, Virginia Tech snapped a four-game losing streak to North Carolina with ease.
The Hokies opened the second half with a 9-0 run on a three-point play by Aluma and back-to-back 3s by Hunter Cattoor and Justyn Mutts that upped the lead to 41-26.
“according to an article on by Ralph Russo of the Associated Press”
Meanwhile,
Marquette lost to Creighton in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament 63-74 on Thursday March 10 in New York.
Why?
Creighton made eight of its first nine shots in the second half to pull away by double figures. The Golden Eagles made a pair of rally attempts down the stretch, closing to 63-61 on a 3-point play by Greg Elliott, but weren't able to complete the comeback.
“according to an article on gomarquette.com”
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