In true March fashion, Miami (Ohio) ended its perfect regular season with a nail-biting, overtime victory against rivals they hadn’t beaten on the road in 14 years.
OH-M-G 🤯
NO. 19 MIAMI OHIO FINISHES ITS REGULAR SEASON UNDEFEATED AT 31-0 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Z7O3CE8XSc
— ESPN (@espn) March 7, 2026
Despite a 31-0 record, Miami’s tournament hopes are still not guaranteed if the RedHawks don’t win the MAC Tournament.
With Ohio looking to play spoiler, tensions between the teams boiled over into the wild postgame celebration.
Things got HEATED after the Miami (OH)-Ohio game 😳pic.twitter.com/eXlMhdyMK5
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) March 7, 2026
Waving goodbye with a shit-eating grin on his face while saying, “Fuck you, bitches” to the Ohio student section is an all-time flex by Miami’s Peter Suder: 🖕👋 pic.twitter.com/TEs31yql5H
— College Sports Only (@CSOonX) March 7, 2026
With the historic regular season now complete, Miami Athletic Director David Sayler, who’s been vocally supporting his team against Bruce Pearl to get into the NCAA Tournament, presented coach Travis Steele with a 31-0 Redhawks jersey.
🎥 Miami (OH) athletic director David Sayler walked into the team’s locker room & presented them with this framed “31-0” jersey right after Friday’s game.
Miami completed the perfect 31-0 season with an overtime win at Ohio.#MiamiOH @WCPO @MiamiOH_DSayler pic.twitter.com/29Thr0hLcB
— Caleb Noe (@CalebNoeTV) March 7, 2026
Despite Miami Ohio’s weaker strength of schedule, a 31-0 record for a MAC program is historic and will likely never be seen again.
If Miami wins tonight and finishes the regular season undefeated, they will have accomplished something we will never see a team like them do again.
The probability they would get to 31-0 was just 0.037%, or 1 in 3740, using game probabilities at https://t.co/cegyfz8ykZ.
— Evan Miyakawa (@EvanMiya) March 7, 2026
31-0. Miami Ohio is a mid-major group that stayed together in the portal era and scores more than 90 points per game. In a new era with fewer Cinderellas than ever, this should be America’s Team.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) March 7, 2026
Miami’s best path to the NCAA Tournament now runs through the MAC Tournament, with an at-large bid looking increasingly risky. That road likely leads to a clash with Akron.
Per ESPN Analytics, Miami (OH) has a 60% chance of making the NCAA tournament, but only a 36% chance at the auto bid for winning the MAC.
Despite a 24-5 record, Akron is ranked higher by BPI and has a higher chance for the conference title (42%). pic.twitter.com/1PTaYspAcG
— ESPN Insights (@ESPNInsights) March 2, 2026
Miami still controls its own destiny, but the uphill battle that it’s climbed for every single game continues on.
