Make that 31 and “Phew!” for Miami-Ohio.
Selected as the last at-large team in the field, Miami-Ohio will face SMU on Wednesday in the First Four for the right to be the No. 11 seed in the Midwest Region. The winner of a game in Dayton — only two hours from Miami’s campus — will face No.
6 Tennessee. Miami-Ohio finished the regular season with a 31-0 record but choked in its first game of the MAC Tournament, losing to UMass. Akron stole the league’s automatic bid by winning the tournament, but the MAC was able to secure an at-large bid for the first time since 1999. Miami RedHawks guard Luke Skaljac drives to the basket as UMass Minutemen guard Danny Carbuccia defends during the MAC quarterfinals on March 12, 2026.Of the five teams to go undefeated during the regular season in the 21st century, only Miami-Ohio and St. Joseph’s lost in its conference tournament. St. Joseph’s still received a No. 1 seed.The Redhawks’ non-conference strength of schedule ranked No. 361 . Within the MAC – the NCAA’s 17th-ranked conference, for what it’s worth – they didn’t even have the best NET rating .Tiger Woods' son finishes in last place at prestigious Junior InvitationalThe one metric favoring Miami-Ohio was Wins Above Bubble, where it ranked No. 38 – ahead of fellow bubble teams like Santa Clara, Missouri, VCU and Missouri., though his opinion was clouded by DNA. Pearl’s son, Steven, replaced his father and led the Tigers to a 17-16 mark – no team has ever gotten in with 16 losses or a record one game above .500. The Selection Committee could’ve had fun with a Miami-Ohio/Auburn matchup in the First Four but instead favored the 31-game winning streak over a mediocre team in the powerhouse SEC. One year ago, the committee handed out bids to SEC-bottom-feeders instead of worthy mid-majors and looked foolish.Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Madison' On Paramount+, Where Michelle Pfeiffer Is A New York Woman Who Goes To Montana To Deal With Her Grief After A Tragedy
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