Troy (15-8, 8-4) at Miami University (17-5, 9-1) – 1:00 PM ET (ESPN+)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day heads to scenic Oxford, Ohio for what may be the premier matchup in the second leg of the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge between the Troy Trojans and the Miami Redhawks. Mother Miami is enjoying their best regular season in 20 years; while their last NCAA Tournament appearance was in 2007, it was the 2004-05 season where the Redhawks had a chance to crack the field even without a MAC Tournament championship. The Redhawks have won 11 out of their last 12 games and are led by Peter Suder (14.7 PPG, 4.4 RPG).
Troy comes into today in a 5-way tie for second place in the Sun Belt; how such a tie is broken will have major ramifications down the road. The top 2 seeds in the Sun Belt have byes into the semifinals; the 5th and 6th place teams would have to win 4 games in 4 days given the absurd extended ladder format of the conference tournament (you can click here for all of the conference tournament pages that will populate in a few weeks). Taylor Conerway (13.0 PPG, 5.0 APG) leads the Trojans in scoring and assists.
