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The Terrapin men’s basketball team has received a No. 4 seed in the Midwest Regional in this year’s NCAA Tournament. They will meet No. 13 seed Houston, the Conference USA Tournament champions.
Their first round game will be Friday in Spokane, Wash. With a win, they would advance to play the winner of No. 5 Michigan State and No. 12 New Mexico State. The Terps are also positioned on the same quadrant of the bracket as No. 1 overall seed Kansas, who they would play in the Sweet 16.
The announcement came via the NCAA Selection Special on CBS Television.
After being upset in a Friday quarterfinal at the ACC Tournament, the Terps had more than 24 hours to wait for their fate. They made the NCAA field of 65 for the third time in four years.
The media is currently gathered in the Comcast Center waiting for coach Gary Williams and the players to be available after the selection special concludes.
Stay tuned for more updates throughout the night.
Eric Detweiler is The Diamondback’s Terrapin Men’s Basketball Team beat writer. He can be reached at edetweilerdbk@gmail.com. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/edetweiler.