DATE/TIME: Sunday, March 19, 2023
WHERE: MVP Arena, Albany, NY
TIME/TV: 8:40 PM EST/TNT
LIVE AUDIO: 560 WQAM
MIAMI: Official Site | Schedule | Roster | Stats | Twitter
INDIANA: Official Site | Schedule | Roster | Stats | Twitter
Miami (26-7, 15-5 ACC), ranked 16th in the nation in the AP, comes into the NCAA tournament as a five-seed and defeated Drake in round one.
Indiana (23-11, 12-8 Big Ten), defeated Kent State 71-60 in its first round matchup.
The Hoosiers and Hurricanes played just once before in 2001, with Miami winning 58-53 at then American Airlines Arena.
The matchup featured three future NBA veterans in Jared Jeffries (Indiana), James Jones (Miami), and John Salmons (Miami).
Sunday night’s match will feature Fourth-year junior guard Isaiah Wong, the ACC Player of the year, and senior guard Trayce Jackson-Davis, a first team All-American selection. Both are likely NBA bound.
Top Performers
Miami
Wong, leads the Hurricanes with 15.8 points and 3.4 assists per game. Senior Jordan Miller is Miami's second-leading scorer averaging 15 points per contest.
Wong and Miller struggled offensively scoring the basketball against Drake combining for 12 points and but crashed the boards well combining for 14 rebounds.
Third-year sophomore Norchad Omier is the Hurricanes’ leading rebounder averaging nearly 10 rebounds per game and also contributes on offense with 13.6 points per contest.
Omier played 36 minutes through injury in the first round matchup against Drake scoring 12 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.
Nijel Pack led the Hurricanes with 21 points hitting 7-of-15 from the field including 3-7 from three point range.
Indiana
Jackson-Davis leads the Hoosiers with 20.9 points, 10.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 2.8 blocks per game. The All-American scored 24 points, 11, rebounds, five blocks and five assists in the first round win over Kent State.
Freshman Jalen Hood-Schifino is the only other Hoosier with a scoring average in double-figures at 13.3 per contest. The freshman also averages 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. He scored eight points, and had four rebounds and three assists on round one.
Team Stats
Miami is averaging 78.9 points per game and allowing 56 points per contest.
Indiana is averaging 74.9 points per game and is allowing 60 points per contest.
Miami has the advantage in steals per game (7.3-5.7) and Indiana holds the edge in blocks per game (5-3.2).
Indiana has a slight edge in rebounding (35.9-34.8) and assists (15.4-14.7) and both teams are relatively even in field goal percentage with the Hurricanes at 48.1 and Hoosiers at 48.9 percent.
MIAMI - KenPom Ranking: 40rd
INDIANA - KenPom Ranking: 26th
Odds
Line: Indiana -2
Over/Under: 145.5
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