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Tigers optimistic despite No.12 seed
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri's best record in the tenure of Quin Snyder got the Tigers their worst seed in the NCAA Tournament in his three years as coach.
The Associated Press
That might not be such a bad thing.
Missouri was given the No.12 seed in the West Region and scheduled to play fifth-seed Miami (24-7) on Thursday in Albuquerque, N.M. If they win, they would face either fourth-seed Ohio State (23-7) or 13th-seed Davidson (21-9) on Saturday.
That scenario could be friendlier to the Tigers than in recent years when they've been the eighth or ninth seed, setting them up for a likely game against a No.1 seed after a win. Such was the case last season, when Missouri beat Georgia 70-68, then lost to Duke 94-81 in the second round.
Talking to reporters after the brackets were announced, Snyder and his players sounded confident that they could be dangerous as a lower seed. When he was asked whether he
liked this year's matchups, he quipped: "We're the 12 seed. We're not supposed to be beating anybody."
The Tigers' fate was left in question after their 89-85 loss to Texas in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament on Friday. Their 21-11 record was offset by a 9-7 conference mark and the disappointment of going from the No. 2 ranking in December to not getting a vote in either poll by the end of the season.
Cincinnati (30-3) was picked as the No.1 seed of the West Region.
Missouri's big wins this season came against then-No. 22 Alabama and then-No. 8 Iowa in November in the Guardian's Classic; then-No. 5 Virginia in Columbia on Feb. 3; and No. 12 Oklahoma State on Feb. 25. But disappointing losses came against DePaul (9-19) on Dec. 29, Iowa State (12-19) on Jan. 9 and Baylor (14-16) on Feb. 9.
This will be Missouri's fourthstraight trip to the tournament. In 1999, Norm Stewart's 32nd and final season as coach, the Tigers lost in the first round 61-59 to New Mexico, ending their season at 20-9.
NBA veteran helps NCCA upstart win
The Associated Press
BOCARATON, Fla. —The congratulations have been pouring in since Sidney Green led Florida Atlantic to its first NCAA tournament berth.
He's gotten calls from his former coaches — Rick Pitino, Chuck Daly and Larry Brown. Former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian sent a congratulatory fax. Former NBA teammates Michael Jordan and Charles Oakley left messages. And Green has received more than 100 e-mails.
Green, a former UNLV star who played 10 seasons in the NBA, has transformed Florida Atlantic from a 2-28 team in his first season to this year's Atlantic Sun Conference tournament champion. That gave the Owls an automatic NCAA bid.
"All the individual accolades that I achieved — high school All-American, college All-American, NBA—it doesn't compare to this," Green said. "That's one reason that I wanted to coach—to try to make a difference."
The Owls (19-11) won a total of nine games in Green's first two years and this season were picked
to finish 10th in the 11-team league. Instead, they finished third and beat defending champion Georgia State 76-75 in the conference title game March 2.
Despite this year's success, Florida Atlantic's NCAA trip might have a quick end. As the surprise champion of a low-profile league, the Owls could be drawn in the first round against a top seed, such as Duke or Cincinnati.
Some wondered why Green would take on the challenge of an obscure college team instead of pursuing a coaching career in the NBA. After he retired from the pros in 1993, he had an offer from the Charlotte Hornets to start in radio and work his way into a coaching position. But Green wanted his own program where he could develop young talent.
"I don't think any other NBA player would have done what I did," the 6-foot-9 coach said.
Florida Atlantic is best known as the home of Howard Schnellenberger's fledgling football program. There's no winning tradition in basketball, and things went from bad to worse at first under Green, who had just seven players his first season.
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