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NCAA Assignment - Racers vs West Virginia Friday In San Diego
3/11/2018 7:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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The Murray State Racers learned of their 2018 NCAA Tournament assignment Sunday when a large gathering of fans and supporters enjoyed Selection Sunday at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky.
The Racers' 16th foray into one of the biggest shows in all of sport will take them to San Diego, California for a Friday game with the West Virginia Mountaineers. Murray State (26-5) was given a No. 12 seed and will meet WVU (24-10) for the first time. The winner of Murray State's game will meet the winner of No. 4 Wichita State and No. 13 Marshall on Sunday in San Diego. The Racers will play the second game of the session on Friday at Viejas Arena. At 12:30 p.m. Central Time, it's Wichita State against Marshall, with the Racers and Mountaineers tipping at approximately 3 p.m. Central Time.
If the Racers could manage to win against the West Virginia, it will mark their third-straight NCAA appearance with a victory. In 2010, Danero Thomas' buzzer beater edged MSU past Vanderbilt and in 2012, Isaiah Canaan led the No. 6 seeded Racers past Colorado State.
Murray State earned an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament after taking the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament last weekend with wins over Jacksonville State (70-63 on March 2) in the semifinals and Belmont (68-51 on March 3) in the championship game. The Racers were also OVC regular season champions in going 16-2 and they'll enter the NCAA's with the nation's longest win streak which stands at 13.
West Virginia, the Big 12 Conference runner-up, was ranked 18th in the nation in the latest Associated Press poll and is making its 29th NCAA appearance.
The Murray State Racers learned of their 2018 NCAA Tournament assignment Sunday when a large gathering of fans and supporters enjoyed Selection Sunday at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky.
The Racers' 16th foray into one of the biggest shows in all of sport will take them to San Diego, California for a Friday game with the West Virginia Mountaineers. Murray State (26-5) was given a No. 12 seed and will meet WVU (24-10) for the first time. The winner of Murray State's game will meet the winner of No. 4 Wichita State and No. 13 Marshall on Sunday in San Diego. The Racers will play the second game of the session on Friday at Viejas Arena. At 12:30 p.m. Central Time, it's Wichita State against Marshall, with the Racers and Mountaineers tipping at approximately 3 p.m. Central Time.
If the Racers could manage to win against the West Virginia, it will mark their third-straight NCAA appearance with a victory. In 2010, Danero Thomas' buzzer beater edged MSU past Vanderbilt and in 2012, Isaiah Canaan led the No. 6 seeded Racers past Colorado State.
Murray State earned an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament after taking the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament last weekend with wins over Jacksonville State (70-63 on March 2) in the semifinals and Belmont (68-51 on March 3) in the championship game. The Racers were also OVC regular season champions in going 16-2 and they'll enter the NCAA's with the nation's longest win streak which stands at 13.
West Virginia, the Big 12 Conference runner-up, was ranked 18th in the nation in the latest Associated Press poll and is making its 29th NCAA appearance.
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