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Miami (Ohio) downs SMU in First Four: 'Deserve' to be here
DAYTON, Ohio — Miami (Ohio) found itself in a unique position Wednesday night at the First Four.
The RedHawks had been a polarizing 30-win team in the lead-up to NCAA tournament selections. Was Miami good or just a product of a weak schedule? Were all the major conference teams that avoided the RedHawks being silly or smart?
After a 31-1 start, Miami made the NCAA field, but just barely as an at-large, and would tip off in the First Four, 40 miles from its campus in Oxford, Ohio. The 11th-seeded RedHawks were a 6.5-point underdog against SMU, even though neither they nor the thousands who came to support them felt that way.
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Why sportsbooks will be rooting against the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks in their March Madness debut: 'It's all Miami (Ohio) so far'
The Miami (Ohio) RedHawks have been one of the biggest storylines in the 2025-26 college basketball season, as the team started 31-0 before shockingly losing 87-83 to UMass in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament.
There was plenty of discussion as to whether the RedHawks — a team without a Quad 1 win this season — deserved a spot in the 2026 NCAA tournament, but the Selection Committee gave them a shot and they'll take on SMU in a Wednesday First Four game between two 11 seeds.
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The betting public has been strongly backing the RedHawks so far, as they are the most-bet of any NCAA tournament team in early wagering. At BetMGM sportsbooks, 71% of the wagers and 63% of the total dollars wagered were on Miami (Ohio) to cover the spread as of Tuesday afternoon. The RedHawks opened as high as 8.5-point underdogs, before respected money pushed the line down to a market consensus of 7.
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