{"id":182602,"date":"2026-03-07T23:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182602\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T23:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:39:17","slug":"miami-redhawks-finish-perfect-31-0-season-with-overtime-win-over-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182602\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami RedHawks finish perfect 31-0 season with overtime win over Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa-bk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Miami RedHawks<\/a> men\u2019s basketball team became just the fifth NCAA Division I program this century to go undefeated in the regular season after a thrilling overtime victory over Ohio on Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Miami (Ohio)<\/a> capped off the regular season as the only remaining undefeated team behind the performance of \u200b\u200bEian Elmer, who scored a career-high of 32 points in the 110-108 victory, and star guard Peter Suder, who scored five of his 13 points in overtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/miami-ohio-perfect-season-002.jpg\" alt=\"Trey Perry drives to the basket\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Miami (Ohio) guard Trey Perry (1) drives to the basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Ohio in Athens, Ohio, on March 6, 2026. (AP Photo\/HG Biggs)<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Paveletzke led Ohio with a career-high 37 points, but it wasn\u2019t enough to cement a win, as his would-be buzzer-beater missed the mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a 31-0 record, the focus now shifts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa-bk\/march-madness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">March basketball<\/a> as the RedHawks\u2019 place in the tournament is far from certain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An undefeated season, it has to matter, right?&#8221; athletic director David Sayler told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaab\/2026\/03\/07\/miami-ohio-perfect-season-march-madness-spot\/89027863007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">USA Today<\/a> of the team\u2019s chances at making the national tournament. &#8220;Otherwise, why wouldn&#8217;t we just play three days in (the MAC tournament) and the winner goes to the (NCAA) tournament and forget the regular season if you&#8217;re not going to take an undefeated team?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/miami-ohio-perfect-season-003.jpg\" alt=\"Miami (Ohio) bench reacts after defeating Ohio\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The Miami (Ohio) bench reacts after defeating Ohio in an NCAA college basketball game in Athens, Ohio, on March 6, 2026. (AP Photo\/HG Biggs)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It should cement it.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Miami (Ohio) secured the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament and opens play against UMass in the quarterfinals Thursday. A win would secure the team an automatic bid to the national tournament.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/miami-ohio-perfect-season-001.jpg\" alt=\"Miami Ohio guard Trey Perry reacting on the basketball court.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Miami (Ohio) guard Trey Perry reacts after defeating Ohio in an NCAA college basketball game in Athens, Ohio, on March 6, 2026. (HG Biggs\/AP)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suffer a loss, and an at-large bid for the mid-major team becomes more complicated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  Related Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/miami-ohio-improves-30-0-cinderella-run-gets-more-magical\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_article-content_related-article_1_1_media\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772926757_467_miami-peter-suder-0302426-1.jpg\" alt=\"Miami (Ohio) improves to 30-0 as Cinderella run gets more magical\" width=\"117\" height=\"66\"\/><\/a>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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