Missouri Tigers vs Miami Hurricanes: Midwest Showdown

0:00On March 16, Missouri Tigers earned a 10-seed in the NCAA tournament and faced the 7-seed Miami Hurricanes in the first round. The game tips off at 9-10pm Central Time on Friday in St. Louis at the Enterprise Center. Fans can catch it live on True TV. This March the third time in the last four years that the Tigers and head coach Dennis Gates have made the tournament field. They sit in the West region and could advance to play the winner between two-seed Purdue. The Big Ten Champions and 15-seed Queens from the Finney, America East Conference. Playing just a few hours from the Columbia campus gives Missouri a real boost with plenty of Tiger fans expected to pack the arena for what feels, like a home game atmosphere. Miami brings limited tournament know-how under first-year coach Jai Lucas. Only a couple players have prior experience, including Guard Tree Damoltson, a high school teammate of Missouri's Anthony Robinson II. Guard Malik Renaud leads them in scoring at 18.8 points per game, while Center Ernest

1:03Houday grabs 9.3 rebounds and Center Trey Donaldson dishes 5.8 assists. With the bracket set and excitement building, all eyes turn to this Midwest showdown as March Madness heats up.