Milwoki – Miss first queen Protect Matthew Morel He wore sunglasses in the happy dressing room on Sunday night, after the rebel team – and SEC – finished the first weekend of the NCAA Men with Swagger and Style.
The sixth seeded rebels No. 3 Iowa state 91-78 In Fiserv Forum, progress to the first 16 sweet since 2001, and the only one in the history of the team. Ole Miss also became the seventh SEC team that reaches Sweet 16, where it set a record in the tournament. The Administrative Coordination Committee has previously held the sign of most Sweet 16 teams from one league when it had six at 2016 event.
“It shows the Securities and Stock Exchange Committee, if it is not the best, it is one of the best conferences in all ages,” said Morel, who scored 15 points in Sunday’s victory. “You can say what you want to say, but you have seven players taking nearly half of the sweet 16, it’s a special thing.”
Although it was the least -ranked SEC team to reach Sweet 16, Ole Miss was unable to doubt, as Iowa led the state of up to 26 points and scored the largest margin of victory in the NCAA championship match. Murred SEC described as “fighting every night”, which helped prepare teams for the month of March.
SEC set a record in the NCAA championship with 14 teams who won sidewalks. The league was easily shattered by the previous record of 11 by Big East in 2011. But that year, only two teams advanced to Sweet 16.
“We set the goal really high,” said Chris Bird, a preliminary coach in the second year. “We want to go in the championship, we want to have a good seed. We want to be one of those teams that have an opportunity to win the championship. The first to miss winning the championship, I don’t know, potential?
Bird said his team is watching a documentary on the 1983 national championship team from North Carolina, coached by Jim Vanno. North Carolina was also the 6th seed in the tournament.
“When will we finish this?” Said Bird. “I am like,” we’ll end on Sunday night just before Monday [national championship] game. So it is not arrogance, it is a great belief. If I don’t think this team was able to continue winning the matches in this tournament, I shouldn’t be the coach in Ole Miss. “
