San Diego State Aztecs square off against the North Carolina Tar Heels in First 4
- San Diego State Aztecs will compete against North Carolina Tar Heels in the First Four round of the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 6:10 p.m. PST in Dayton, Ohio.
- Both San Diego State and North Carolina are recent national runner-ups, with San Diego State being the 2023 runner-up and North Carolina the 2022 runner-up.
- San Diego State averages 70.9 points per game, while North Carolina averages 80.8 points per game.
- The winners of this game will face Ole Miss on Friday, while both San Diego State's and UC San Diego's teams have qualified for the tournament.
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NCAA Tournament: North Carolina trounces San Diego State, critics in First Four
DAYTON, Ohio — RJ Davis scored 26 points and went 6 of 6 from 3-point range to help North Carolina silence some skeptics with a dominant 95-68 victory over San Diego State in a First Four matchup Tuesday night. Davis’ six 3-pointers tied Caleb Love’s program record for an NCAA Tournament game. Love had six against UCLA in 2022. Tar Heels coach Hubert Davis went 5 for 5 from deep against Eastern Michigan in 1991. The 14 made 3-pointers were the m…
Tar Heels trounce Aztecs, critics in First Four
RJ Davis had 26 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and the North Carolina Tar Heels, criticized around college basketball this week for landing a berth in the NCAA tournament, stomped San Diego State, 95-68, in a First Four game Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio.
First Four: Tar Heels rout San Diego State; Alabama State edges Saint Francis (Pa.)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — RJ Davis scored 26 points and went 6 of 6 from 3-point range to help North Carolina silence some skeptics with a dominant 95-68 victory over San Diego State in a First Four matchup Tuesday night.
2025 NCAA Tournament: San Diego State Will Prove The North Carolina Naysayers Right In 2025 'First Four'
Everyone complained about the North Carolina Tar Heels (22-13) sneaking into the 2025 NCAA Tournament. However, you can bet your a** everyone is betting on the Tar Heels vs. the San Diego State Aztecs (21-9) in their First Four game Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio to sneak into the Big Dance. UNC opened up as -2.5 favorites at DraftKings and has been steamed up to -4.5 across the board as of Tuesday morning. According to Pregame.com, nearly 75% of the b…
Should UNC have made the NCAA Tournament?
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WGHP) — The first night of the NCAA Tournament is set to tip off on Tuesday as two of the First Four games will be played in Dayton, Ohio. One of the teams that will play in the First Four on Tuesday night is a traditional college basketball power that typically would […]
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