Eian Elmer scores 1,000th point in Miami-Ohio RedHawks First Four game

Miami RedHawks guard Eian Elmer, a former Taft High School standout, joined the 1,000-point club during a huge first half in their NCAA Tournament First Four game March 18 against the SMU Mustangs at University of Dayton Arena.

Elmer had 14 points in the first half, and made 4-of-6 from 3-point range to help give the RedHawks a halftime lead.

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Actor and former World Wrestling Entertainment superstar John Cena sent a special message to Elmer ahead of the matchup.

TNT Sports college basketball analyst Charles Barkley said the RedHawks shouldn’t have had to be the first Mid-American Conference team to play in the First Four because “it’s not their fault everybody in their conference sucks.”

SMU head coach Andy Enfield said earlier in the week that Miami deserved its first at-large bid since Wally Szczerbiak’s 1999 Sweet 16 team, and critics of the RedHawks should shut up.

Former North Carolina Tar Heels standout Tyler Hansbrough was among those suggesting that the RedHawks didn’t deserve an at-large bid.

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Szczerbiak said during the network’s “NCAA March Madness bracket breakdown” that he was “very surprised” the RedHawks were sent to Dayton.

As the RedHawks heard their name Selection Sunday, CBS analyst Seth Davis said Miami received the final at-large bid available. Chairman Keith Gill clarified a short time later that North Carolina State, Texas and SMU were ranked lower than Miami by the selection committee.

Eian Elmer (0) of the Miami RedHawks

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