Houston received the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night.
. They were playing without Marcus Sasser, the league player of the year and likely All-American, who had strained his groin in the first half of their semifinals and will be a question mark leading up to Thursday’s opener against Northern Kentucky.his decision to hold Sasser out SundayThe selection committee usually takes into consideration injuries — and the possibility a team will be without a star — when it seeds the field.
Texas earned the No. 2 seed in the Midwest after finishing second in the Big 12 in the regular season and despite missing injured forward Timmy Allen. Indiana and All-America candidate Trayce Jackson Davis are the fourth seed and will play No. 13 seed Kent State in Albany, New York. Flashes coach Rob Senderoff was on then-coach Sampson’s staff at Indiana from 2006-08.
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