Dola Adebayo and No. 16 seed Mount St. Mary’s will face Kon Knueppel and No. 1 seed Duke in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night.
The No. 16-seeded Mount St. Mary’s will take on No. 1-seeded Duke in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship tournament on Friday night at the Lenovo Center in an East Region matchup. The No. 16-seeded Mountaineers finished their season with a 23-12 record overall. They were the No. 4 team in their conference, opening tournament play against Marist in the quarterfinals. They advanced to beat Merrimack in the semifinals and won the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after bating Iona in the MAAC Championship game.
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They opened the NCAA Tournament as one of the first four teams, taking on No. 16-seed American in Dayton, Ohio on Wednesday. They came away with an 11-point win, led by a 22-point night from Jedy Cordillia. Dola Adebayo leads the team in scoring this season, averaging 13.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.
The No. 1-seeded Blue Devils finished the season with a 31-3 overall record and were ranked on the AP Top 25 as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, despite not earning the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament. They ended 19-1 in the ACC, winning the conference tournament after dominating three games in three days.
They started with a gritty, eight-point win over Georgia Tech before battling UNC in the semifinals without superstar Cooper Flagg. They won by three points on a lane violation call on UNC, followed by dominating Louisville in the championship game by 11 points. Flagg’s availability for this game is still up in the air. However, Kon Knueppel has been leading the team in his absence, averaging 14.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game.
