The University of Minnesota Duluth men's basketball team landed at No. 6 in the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight bracket. UMD will play No. 3 Black Hills State at the Ford Center in Evansville, In. on Tuesday, March 21 at 12:00 p.m. CT.
To create the new bracket, the winners of each regional tournament were gathered and reseeded from No. 1 to No. 8 based on current performance. Just like the rest of the tournament, the highest seed will play the lowest seed- No. 1 plays No. 8, No. 2 plays No. 7 and so on.
Coincidentally enough, Black Hills State also came into this tournament as the sixth seed in its South Central Regional. A win over No. 1 West Texas cemented the Yellow Jackets' spot in Evansville. BHSU's currently 28-5 on the year. The team's 18-4 mark in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) was good enough for it to finish at a tie for second in the regular season standings.
March Madness, indeed. Only one team that entered the tournament field as a No. 1 seed ended up making it to the Elite Eight, that being Nova Southeastern out of the South Regional. For their efforts, the Sharks earned the No. 1 ranking in the reseeding. NSU's currently undefeated, operating with a record of 33-0. The Sharks won both the regular season and tournament titles in the Sunshine State Conference (SSC)
The full Elite Eight field can be found below. The ranking each team held in their respective Regionals before making it to Evansville can be found in parentheses.
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No. 1 Nova Southeastern (entered No. 1 in South Region)
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No. 2 West Liberty (entered No. 2 in Atlantic Region)
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No. 3 Black Hills State (entered No. 6 in South Central Region)
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No. 4 Cal State San Bernardino (entered No. 2 in West Region)
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No. 5 Lincoln Memorial (entered No. 3 in Southeast Region)
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No. 6 Minnesota Duluth (entered as No. 6 in Central Region)
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No. 7 New Haven (entered No. 4 in East Region)
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No. 8 Missouri St. Louis (entered No. 2 in Midwest Region)
To view the full NCAA Tournament bracket, which includes a full list of game times, click here.
