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Tyrese Haliburton makes his surprise pick for the NCAA Tournament as he reveals his March Madness bracket in this one-on-one interview.
Tyrese Haliburton is picking his alma mater, the Iowa State Cyclones, to win the national championship. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images) Getty Images Tyrese Haliburton is keeping busy these days as March Madness starts for the NCAA Tournament. The Indiana Pacers star guard is out for this season due to an Achilles injury he suffered during Game 7 of the NBA Finals last year.
Haliburton was in the midst of one of the greatest playoff runs in NBA history when he suffered the injury, hitting clutch shot after clutch shot while averaging 17. 3 points, 8. 6 assists and 1.
3 steals per game. Haliburton said he’s good physically and in a good place mentally. One of the things that is helping him overcome the mental aspect of not being on the court is the NCAA Tournament, which will see his Iowa State Cyclones enter the tourney as the No.
2 seed in the midwest. The Cyclones were ranked No. 7 in the most recent poll and just posted their best record since the 2013-14 season when they went 28-8.
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