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The teams
Saint Mary's • No. 7 seed, 28-4 record
VCU • No. 10 seed, 26-8 record
When • 5:20 p.m.
Where • Vivint Smart Home Arena
TV • TBS
Of Note • In NCAA history, the No. 7 seed is 78-50 against the No. 10 seed
Storylines
Saint Mary's will be dancing in March Madness for the fifth time in the past 10 seasons. The last time the team received an at-large bid was in 2012-13.
The Gaels had their highest win-percentage in regular-season program history this year by going 26-3. Previous best was 25-5 in 1988-89.
VCU is part of its seventh-consecutive NCAA Tournament. The Rams have made back-to-back tournaments since the departure of star coach Shaka Smart to Texas in 2015
By the numbers
Category SMC VCU
Avg. Pts. 72.0 74.7
Opp. Avg. Pts. 56.5 66.4
Margin 15.5 8.3
FG Pct. .496 .461
Opp. FG Pct. .409 .418
3-Pt. FG Pct. .399 .334
Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .303 .338
3-Pt. FG-Game 8.8 5.8
Opp. 3-Pt. FG-Game 4.5 5.8
FT Pct. .748 .707
Rebound Margin 9.3 2.9
TO Diff. -1.2 2.1
Avg Steals 4.2 7.5
Avg Blocks 3.2 3.9