Houston takes on Michigan in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Here’s what you need to know to watch the game on TV and online.
Houston won an exciting two-point game over San Diego State in the first round and are now prepared to push their Tournament run a bit further. The team is led by guard Rob Gray who inflated his season averages — 19.2 points, 4.4 assists, 3.5 rebounds per game — and put up an absurd 39 points and eight rebounds in Houston’s win over San Diego State.
Houston is much stronger than your average No. 6 seed, having posted a +20.28 adjusted efficiency margin, according to KenPom, the 18th-best mark in Division I. They rank in the top-40 in efficiency on both sides of the ball with the 15th-best offense in the country. They’ll need to squeeze out every ounce of efficiency they can against the tough Wolverine defense.
Michigan is a top-10 team by adjusted efficiency margin, with the fourth-toughest defense in the country. They’re lead by the inside-out scoring of Moritz Wagner who averages 14.3 points per game, shooting 60.5 percent on 2-pointers and an even 40.0 percent on 3-pointers, on exactly 4.0 attempts per game. Michigan pounded Montana in the first round and will be hungry to get past Houston and take this thing as far as it can go.
Here’s what you need to watch Houston vs. Michigan on TV and online:
Date: Saturday, March 17
Start Time: 9:40 p.m. ET
Location: Intrust Bank Arena
Arena: Wichita, Kansas
TV Channel: TBS
Live Stream: NCAA March Madness Live
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This could be an exciting game with strong offenses and strong defenses working to out-do each other at both ends of the floor. With strong inside and outside scorers like Gray and Wagner there should be plenty of opportunities for individual heroics.