The Terriers are dancing: Wofford learns seed, bracket for NCAA Tournament

Wofford is heading back to a familiar place for its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, and Terriers coach Mike Young is taking the best team he has had yet with him.

Wofford earned a No. 7 seed in the Midwest Regional in the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 10 seed Seton Hall on Thursday in Jacksonville, it was announced Sunday night. The 7 seed is the highest ever for a Southern Conference team.

The game is slated to begin at approximately 9:40 p.m. It will be televised by CBS.

Wofford previously played in Jacksonville in the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2015, falling to Wisconsin and Arkansas. The Terriers also made the Big Dance in 2011 and 2014.

“It’s the highest seed of any Southern Conference team in history. I’m excited by that. If you’d have asked before I would’ve told you I thought it would be a 7,” Young said. “So I think that’s fair. I wish I knew a little more about the opponent. ... So let’s go lace them up and get after it.”

The top four seeds in the Midwest are No. 1 UNC, No. 2 Kentucky, No. 3 Houston and No. 4 Kansas.

The Terriers (29-4, 18-0) will play the winner of No. 2 seed Kentucky and No. 15 seed Abilene Christian if they are able to win their opener against Seton Hall.

No. 20 Wofford enters the NCAA Tournament on a 20-game winning streak and has not lost since Dec. 19 at Mississippi State.

Wofford is led by Southern Conference Player of the Year Fletcher Magee, who is two 3-pointers away from tying the NCAA Div. I record for career 3s made. Magee currently has 502, which is two behind Travis Bader of Oakland’s record number of 504.

The Terriers also have a strong inside presence, led by All-SoCon performer Cameron Jackson, who averages nearly 15 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

“I do think this is the best team in Wofford history. I do think that this is a team that could go down there and play well and have a shot to win a game or games,” Young said. “But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. Let’s prepare for Seton Hall and get ready to get after those guys on Thursday. One day at a time.”

It was quite the scene Sunday inside Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium as several hundred fans piled into the arena and cheered wildly when Wofford’s name was shown up on the screen.

Young, Magee, Jackson and others met with the media, signed autographs for fans and then were heading to get to work preparing for Seton Hall. The Pirates enter the NCAA Tournament with a 20-13 record and are led by junior guard Myles Powell, who averages 23 points per game.

“We’ll go up right after we finish here. ... There will be no stone left unturned,” Young said. “We’ll know all about them. And Seton Hall will know all about us. I don’t know their style. I’m sure that they have physical kids. I know they have a young man that can really score, and Kevin Willard is a heck of a coach, so I’m looking forward to getting into it.”

NCAA tournament: Jacksonville regional Thursday games

Midwest region

No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 15 Abilene Christian, 7:10 p.m. (CBS)

No. 7 Wofford vs. No. 10 Seton Hall, 9:40 p.m. (CBS)

East region

No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 Yale, 12:40 p.m. (TruTV)

No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 11 Belmont or Temple, 3:10 p.m. (TruTV)

This story was originally published March 17, 2019 at 6:26 PM.