Game Preview
(2) Cincinnati vs. (15) Georgia State
Friday, March 16
2 p.m. ET - TBS
The American regular-season and tournament champions, the Cincinnati Bearcats earned the best seed in conference history when the team was given a number two seed in the NCAA Tournament South Region … Cincinnati will bring its historically good defense to Nashville … Led by Gary Clark, who has collected The American Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sportsmanship Award, First Team All-Conference and tournament Most Outstanding Player honors over the last 10 days, the Bearcats are allowing just over fifty-seven points per game, second in the country … The strength on both sides of the ball have allowed Cincinnati to build the second-best scoring margin in country, as the Bearcats are winning by over seventeen points per game … Cincinnati is holding opponents to just thirty-percent shooting at the three-point line, but Georgia State comes into the NCAA Tournament hitting almost forty-percent of its attempts … The Panthers have won four straight games, including three in-a-row in the Sun Belt Tournament to capture the NCAA bid … Tip-off from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville is set for 2 p.m. ET on TBS.