A 10- and 11-seed have only met three times in the Sweet Sixteen.
A 10-seed has only reached the Final Four once, and the Elite 8 eight times in the history of March Madness. 11-seeds have made it to the Final Four five times, most recently last year’s UCLA squad.
Neither seed has ever produced a National Championship, but Miami and Iowa State will each try to become the first.
Sweet Sixteen: Miami vs. Iowa State
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Jordan Miller drives to the basket against Auburn. GettyMiami (-2.5) over Iowa State
The Cyclones were better off against a 3-seed and a 6-seed. Against the 10th-seeded Hurricanes, Iowa State will face an explosive offense for the first time in this tournament after its first week opponents (LSU, Wisconsin) combined to go 6-for-41 on 3-pointers. Miami’s athletic backcourt (Kameron McGusty, Isaiah Wong, Charlie Moore) just led the team to 79 points in a dominating performance against Auburn’s top-10 defense and the Hurricanes’ underwhelming defense has little to worry about against Iowa State’s 160th-ranked offense, which shot 35.1 percent from the field in the first two rounds.
Expect Miami to cruise to its first-ever Elite Eight, 16 years after coach Jim Larrañaga led George Mason to the Final Four.
The memory of the near-collapse in the second round against Baylor is hard to erase, but the Tar Heels’ resilience in recovering and defeating the defending champs in overtime meant far more.
