Friday, March 16, 2012

Friday's NCAA Tournament Preview: (15) Norfolk State vs.(2) Missouri

• WHEN/WHERE: About 3:40 p.m. Friday at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb.

• TV/RADIO: TNT (Ch. 203 and 1203 on Time Warner, Ch. 51 and 204 on Comcast in Missouri, Ch. 69 and 204 on Comcast in Kansas, Ch. 48 and 600 on Surewest, Ch. 108 on AT&T U-Verse, Ch. 245 on DirecTV and Ch. 138 on Dish Network); KMBZ (980 AM and 98.1 FM).

•  WHEN/WHERE: About 3:40 p.m. Friday at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb.
•  TV/RADIO: TNT (Ch. 203 and 1203 on Time Warner, Ch. 51 and 204 on Comcast in Missouri, Ch. 69 and 204 on Comcast in Kansas, Ch. 48 and 600 on Surewest, Ch. 108 on AT&T U-Verse, Ch. 245 on DirecTV and Ch. 138 on Dish Network); KMBZ (980 AM and 98.1 FM)

P No. Norfolk State Ht. Yr. PPG
F 32 Marcos Tamares 6-7 Sr. 6.8
C 10 Kyle O’Quinn 6-10 Sr. 15.9
G 15 Rodney McCauley 6-5 Sr. 3.4
G 35 Chris McEachin 6-6 Sr. 12.8
G 11 Pendarvis Williams 6-6 So. 11.8



•  ABOUT NORFOLK STATE (25-9): The Spartans finished 13-3 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, good for second place. They qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history by winning the league tournament. … Norfolk State is a relative newcomer to this level of basketball, as it made the leap to Division I in 1997. … Senior center Kyle O’Quinn said several teams in the MEAC play similar styles as Missouri, which spreads the floor with four shooters and a single post player. “This is not the type of game that we haven’t seen a game plan (for),” he said. “Yes, we are going against better players from a different conference, but the style of play is what we see a lot (of) in the conference.”

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