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The Harvard vs. Vanderbilt line was coming in early at -6.5 in favor of Vandy.
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This is Harvard’s first appearance in the NCAA Basketball Tournament since 1946 and only the school’s second appearance in its history.
They earned the number 12 seed going up against the number 5 seed.
"Obviously a big day for us," said Hartford head coach Tommy Amaker. "It's an incredibly exciting day and an incredibly exciting moment. It was so neat to see these guys jump for joy when our name was brought up in the broadcast in one of the brackets. We’re thrilled to represent our conference, our university and, certainly, our program, and we’ll do the best we can."
In regard to the seeding he added: "I don’t get wrapped up in that and try to figure that out," he said. "These guys are familiar with figuring out the information on Bracketology with [Joe] Lunardi; our staff does that at times. But we were just excited to have our name called. And Vanderbilt, with what they’ve done today, beating Kentucky in the finals of the SEC tournament, obviously we know how tremendous of a ball club they have and have been."
Harvard (26-4, 12-2 Ivy) earned its second consecutive Ivy League crown.
Vanderbilt (23-10) comes into the tournament making headlines after it upset No. 1 overall seed Kentucky on Sunday in the SEC tournament final. The Commodores are making their third straight NCAA tournament appearance and fifth in the last six years; they have lost three straight first-round games.
“We were just excited to hear our name called,” said Harvard coach Tommy Amaker, who played in the tournament when he was at Duke. “We know this great tournament is going to be as sensational as it’s always been, with a number of great games that we hope to be a part of.”
Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 - NCAA Basketball Game
12:00 PM 711 NC Asheville +17 -110 712 Syracuse -17 -110 12:00 PM
713 Southern Mississippi +6½ -110 714 Kansas State -6½ -110
12:00 PM 715 Loyola Maryland +17½ -110 716 Ohio State -17½ -110
12:00 PM 717 West Virginia pk -110 718 Gonzaga pk -110
12:00 PM 721 Connecticut -2½ -110 722 Iowa State +2½ -110
12:00 PM 725 Colorado State +3 -110 726 Murray State -3 -110
12:00 PM 727 South Dakota State +7½ -110 728 Baylor -7½ -110
12:00 PM 729 Colorado +5 -110 730 UNLV -5 -110
12:00 PM 731 Harvard +6½ -110 732 Vanderbilt -6½ -110
12:00 PM 733 Montana +9 -110 734 Wisconsin -9 -110
12:00 PM 735 Virginia Commonwealth +6 -110 736 Wichita State -6 -110
12:00 PM 737 New Mexico State +7 -110 738 Indiana -7 -110
12:00 PM 739 Long Beach State +4½ -110 740 New Mexico -4½ -110
12:00 PM 741 Davidson +7 -110 742 Louisville -7 -110
- Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com
