{"id":193100,"date":"2026-03-16T05:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193100\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T05:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:05:17","slug":"game-time-set-for-miami-ohio-vs-smu-in-march-madness-first-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193100\/","title":{"rendered":"Game time set for Miami (Ohio) vs. SMU in March Madness First Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time since 2007, the Miami RedHawks are dancing in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

Miami earned an 11 seed in March Madness after a 31-1 season, becoming just the fifth team in 35 years to finish the regular season undefeated<\/a>. The regular season champions of the Mid-American Conference<\/a> are led by MAC Coach of the Year Travis Steele and MAC Player of the Year Peter Suder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The RedHawks first opponent in the NCAA Tournament is 11-seed SMU. The Mustangs enter the tournament with a 20-13 overall record, finishing 11th in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Coached by Andy Enfield, SMU has been led all season by senior Boopie Miller.<\/p>\n

Here’s how to watch Miami (Ohio) vs. SMU in the First Four of the 2026 NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

What time does Miami (OH) play SMU in 2026 NCAA Tournament?<\/p>\n

Miami is set to play SMU in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament. Here’s when the game will take place:<\/p>\n

\u220e Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026<\/p>\n

\u220e Time: 9:15 p.m. Eastern<\/p>\n

\u220e Location: UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Midwest Region)<\/p>\n

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What channel is Miami vs. SMU in March Madness first round<\/p>\n

The NCAA Tournament first-round game between Miami and SMU will be broadcast on truTV. Fans can also view the game with the March Madness Live app.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Miami (Ohio) vs SMU time, TV channel: NCAA tournament First Four<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time since 2007, the Miami RedHawks are dancing in the NCAA Tournament. Miami earned an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21823,123,125,124,29573,41644,11474,8469,20537],"class_list":["post-193100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-atlantic-coast-conference","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-redhawks","tag-mid-american-conference","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-smu","tag-the-mustangs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}