Game Notes: #2 seed UVA vs. #7 Michigan State in NCAA Tournament East Regional

No. 2 seed UVA (30-3) plays No. 7 seed Michigan State (24-11) in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday (March 22). Tipoff at Time Warner Cable Arena is 12:10 p.m.

 

For Openers

• Virginia seeks its second consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 appearance and ninth in school history.
• UVa is one win shy of breaking the school record for most victories in a season (30 in 1981-82, 2013-14, 2014-15).
• The Cavaliers rank No. 1 nationally in scoring defense at 51.2 ppg.

 

Broadcast Information

• The Virginia-Michigan State game will be televised on CBS and streamed online at NCAA.com (March Madness on Demand).
• The game will be broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network and Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network on Sirius and XM.
• Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.

 

The Head Coaches

• Virginia: Tony Bennett (Green Bay, 1992), 136-63 in six seasons at UVa and 205-96 in nine seasons overall.
• Michigan State: Tom Izzo (Northern Michigan, 1977), 492-198 in 20 seasons at Michigan State.

 

Virginia All-Time in the NCAA Tournament

• Virginia is 25-18 all-time in 19 NCAA Tournament appearances.
• UVa reached the NCAA Final Four in 1981 and 1984.
• UVa is making back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 1994-95.
• UVa made its reached eighth NCAA Regional semifinal appearance last season and lost 61-59 to Michigan State.

 

All-Time vs. Michigan State

• Virginia is 0-4 against Michigan State in the all-time series that dates back to 1946-47.
• UVa and MSU are meeting for the second consecutive year in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Spartans defeated the Cavaliers 61-59 in the 2014 NCAA Sweet 16 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
• MSU beat UVa 82-75 during the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in 2004.
• MSU beat UVa 63-38 on Feb. 11, 1947 and 62-43 on Feb. 19, 1949.

 

Last Time vs. Michigan State

• Branden Dawson had 24 points and 10 rebounds to lift No. 4 seed Michigan State to a 61-59 win over No. 1 seed Virginia in the NCAA Sweet 16 on March 28, 2014 at Madison Square Garden.
• Joe Harris and Malcolm Brogdon both scored 17 points for Virginia, but the duo shot a combined 10 of 28 as the Cavaliers were 20 of 57 overall (35.1 percent).
• Adreian Payne added 16 points for Michigan State, and his 3-pointer with 1:29 left gave the Spartans the lead for good at 54-51.
• Virginia (30-7) trailed 51-44 with just over 4 minutes left but scored seven straight points to tie the game.
• The Cavaliers outrebounded Michigan State 35-32.

 

On The Horizon

• The winner of the Virginia-Michigan State game advances to the East Region semifinals against No. 3 seed Oklahoma or No. 11 seed Dayton on Friday, March 27 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.