8 vs. 9 seed games are among the most exciting matchups in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. This fact held up Friday as the Seton Hall Pirates hit the court for their Round of 64 meeting with the Arkansas Razorbacks on the court in Greenville, South Carolina.
The Pirates, who were seeking their first win in the tournament since 2004, came up against a high-powered Hogs team that had the fury of 40 minutes of hell in their eyes and the play to match it.
That hope for Seton Hall will have to wait another season as Arkansas moves on to the next round by a score of 77-71 thank in part to an uptick in play in the final ten minutes of the game and some interesting circumstances in the final minutes of the game.