NCCA Tournament Bracket: No. 3 Kansas vs. No. 14 North Dakota State

by Elizabeth Fairview  |  March 20th, 2009
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The No. 14 seed in the Midwest Region, the North Dakota Bison, face a bigger and presumably better Kansas team than they are used to in the first round at the Metrodome today. (AP Images)

After being ineligible for the NCAA tournament the last four years, the Bisons could have been paired with an NBA team and probably wouldn’t have minded. They are truly just happy to be in the Big Dance.

Despite an upset loss to Baylor in their first Big 12 tournament game and a 19-point loss at Texas Tech the week before that, the 10-point favored Jayhawks were regular season champions. Their last five games include victories at Oklahoma and at home against Missouri and Texas, after losing all five starters from last year’s title-winning team.

No. 14 seeds were 17-96 in the history of the NCAA tournament before this year, with Northwestern State’s win over Iowa in 2006 the most recent success.

 
 
 

 

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