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On the outside looking in most of the season, Michigan State has played its way into tourney consideration.
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— Adrian Baldwin Jr. had 15 points and sank four foul shots in the last 50 seconds and VCU held on to beat Saint Louis 67-65 on Tuesday night.
— Josh Oduro had a career-high 27 points as George Mason narrowly beat VCU 79-76 in overtime on Saturday.
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— Nah'Shon Hyland had 20 points and 12 rebounds as VCU got past Richmond 68-56 on Wednesday night.
— Nah'Shon Hyland and Vince Williams Jr. each scored 19 points as VCU beat Dayton 76-67 on Tuesday.
— Nah’Shon Hyland scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with five seconds left, as VCU edged past Rhode Island 63-62 on Wednesday night.
— Nah’Shon Hyland had 24 points as VCU got past La Salle 73-62 on Saturday.
— Nah’Shon Hyland had 28 points as VCU easily beat Dayton 66-43 on Saturday.
— Nah’Shon Hyland registered 17 points and six steals as VCU defeated George Washington 84-77 on Wednesday.
— Fatts Russell had 23 points, tying his season high, as Rhode Island got past VCU 83-68 on Saturday.
— Sophomore Nah'Shon Hyland scored 23 points and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds — his first career double-double — to help VCU beat George Mason 66-61 on Wednesday night for the Rams' seventh win in a row.
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— Vince Williams Jr. and Nah'Shon Hyland each scored 15 points as VCU held off James Madison 82-81 on Tuesday.
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— Nah’Shon Hyland registered 15 points and six steals as VCU romped past Old Dominion 77-54 on Saturday.
— Vince Williams Jr. scored 15 points, KeShawn Curry added 12, and VCU beat cold-shooting Memphis 70-59 on Friday night to finish third at the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic.
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To find the answer, ESPN compared the point differential for 140 teams in their tournament games leading into the Final Four to their spread total in those games.
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
St. Bonaventure | 11-3 | - | 13-3 |
VCU | 10-3 | 0.5 | 17-5 |
UMass | 6-3 | 2.5 | 7-5 |
Richmond | 6-4 | 3 | 13-6 |
Davidson | 6-4 | 3 | 11-7 |
Saint Louis | 5-4 | 3.5 | 12-5 |
George Mason | 7-6 | 3.5 | 11-8 |
Dayton | 8-7 | 3.5 | 12-8 |
Duquesne | 6-7 | 4.5 | 7-8 |
Rhode Island | 7-9 | 5 | 10-13 |
La Salle | 6-10 | 6 | 9-14 |
George Washington | 3-5 | 5 | 4-11 |
Saint Joseph's | 2-9 | 7.5 | 3-14 |
Fordham | 2-11 | 8.5 | 2-11 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Nick Kern | SF | Signed | 78 |
Jalen Deloach | PF | Signed | 75 |
Final Fours | 1 |
Tournament Record | 13-17 |
Championship Seasons | None |
Tournament Appearances | 17 |