Selection Sunday turned into a day of gift-getting for Missouri. The Tigers, who spent the better part of February sweating out their tournament chances, landed a No. 10 seed and a first-round date with the No. 7 Miami Hurricanes in St. Louis.
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No. 7 Miami takes on No. 10 Missouri in Round of 64
Missouri averaged 79.7 points per game this season, ranking 90th nationally in scoring, while allowing 75.3 points per game, a defensive rating that ranked 238th in the country. Miami will want to take advantage of that in the opening round matchup.
The NCAA has no restrictions preventing teams from playing in their home city as a non-host. But there's a difference between what's permissible and what's equitable. Miami put together one of the better seasons in the ACC and now essentially goes on the road in the Round of 64.
Comparing Miami and Missouri after the conference tournaments
Miami is 25-8, NET 32, with a 6-6 Quad 1 record and 6-2 Quad 2 mark. The best wins are neutral-court Louisville (NET 17), road Clemson (34), road NC State (36), road SMU (37) and home North Carolina (24). You can also make a case for road Florida State (62) and road Wake Forest (66) as strong supporting wins.
Miami's best-looking losses are neutral Florida (NET 4), at Virginia (12), neutral Virginia (12), neutral BYU (23) and home Louisville (17). The losses that hurt most are the two home Quad 2 losses to Florida State (62) and California (67).
Missouri is 20-12, NET 58, with a 5-7 Quad 1 record and 4-5 Quad 2 mark. The best wins are home Florida (NET 4), road Kentucky (28), home Tennessee (20), road Texas A&M (44) and home Vanderbilt (13).
Missouri's best-looking losses are to neutral Illinois (NET 8), at Kansas (21), at Alabama (18), at Arkansas (15) and home Arkansas (15). The losses that hurt most are the Quad 2 setbacks to Notre Dame (94), LSU (77) and Ole Miss (82).