RedHawks flying into Friday! Miami U beats SMU 89-79 and validates its historic season once and for all
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Matt Norlander reacts to Miami University vs. SMU in front of a heavy RedHawk crowd in Dayton.
(0:00) Intro + the goldilocks zone!
(2:20) Miami is moving on! RedHawks beat SMU 89-79
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| 0:00.0 | 32 and 1. |
| 0:04.0 | 32 wins to one loss. |
| 0:19.0 | That music sounds gorgeous. |
| 0:22.8 | I am Matt Norlander. |
| 0:28.1 | We are going solo here right after the Miami University Redhawks. After all of the discussion, the attention, the anticipation, the cynicism, badly misplaced. |
| 0:36.7 | Look where we are now. |
| 0:38.3 | 8979 over SMU. And folks, to anyone watching live, thank you for dialing in. A reminder, we're going live at the end of every single tournament night from here until we cut down the nets in Indianapolis on April 8th. |
| 0:53.3 | This is the Goldilocks zone. |
| 0:55.6 | Let's see that bracket. |
| 0:56.8 | Real quick, Josh. |
| 0:57.7 | Throw it up on the screen. |
| 0:59.1 | If you're getting to this Wednesday night, early Thursday morning, this is the |
| 1:04.0 | Goldilocks zone. |
| 1:05.9 | Just right. |
| 1:07.7 | 64 teams. |
| 1:09.9 | That's the tournament should be. |
| 1:12.0 | Miami is the fourth one in joining Howard, Prairie View A&M. |
| 1:17.9 | Congrats to the HBCUs for only the second time ever. |
| 1:20.7 | Both HBCU teams won in Dayton in the same season. |
| 1:24.6 | They don't always go to Dayton both in the same season. |
| 1:26.7 | They happen to do that this year and both get it done. In Texas, beat NC State. Not a good, not a good Tuesday, Wednesday for |
| 1:32.8 | the ACC. They've already got two teams out of this thing before we even get to fewer than 64 in the |
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