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Happy Friday 🙌
Day 1, down. Day 2, incoming. Less than 0.1% of brackets nationwide are perfect after the first day of games, so don't feel bad. Today’s weekend preview goes all in on college hoops — yesterday’s highlights (16 games) and today’s schedule (32 games). Plus, a few other top news stories to help hold you over until our return to normal. The madness continues...
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Men’s NCAA Tournament Rewind: #12 McNeese, #11 Drake & #10 Arkansas Play Spoilers on Day 1
We’re dancing across the country! The slipper fits for a few possible Cinderellas, but there’s more to learn with another 16-game slate today. Here are the game notes and highlights from Day 1.
🚨 Day 1 Upsets: Only four lower-seed upsets appeared on Day 1 — #12 McNeese State, #11 Drake, #10 Arkansas and #9 Creighton. McNeese has quickly become the tournament darlings, and John Calipari’s Razorbacks helped boot Kansas (the preseason No. 1 in the AP Poll) for their first first-round exit since 2006.
💤 Day 1 Drama (Free): A mere five games were decided by single digits on Day 1 (11 by double-digit blowouts). Zero overtimes and no game-winners spared fans from some true chaos and late-game drama. Will that change in Day 2? Below you’ll find every highlight from yesterday’s games before the full schedule for today’s matchups (men and women — 32 total). Links to the full schedule can be found at the bottom of today's newsletter. |
Men's NCAA Tournament (Day 1) |
#9 Creighton def. #8 Louisville (89-75)
Jamiya Neal (29 pts, 12 rebs, 6 ast) #4 Purdue def. #13 High Point (75-63)
Trey Kaufman-Renn (21 pts, 8 rebs) #3 Wisconsin def. #14 Montana (85-66) John Blackwell (19 pts, 5 rebs, 3 ast)
#1 Houston def. #16 SIUE (78-40) L.J. Cryer (15 pts, Four 3s) #1 Auburn def. #16 Alabama State (83-63) Miles Kelly (23 pts, Seven 3s) #12 McNeese State def. #5 Clemson (69-67)
Brandon Murray (21 pts off the bench) #6 BYU def. #11 VCU (80-71) Richie Saunders (16 pts)
#8 Gonzaga def. #9 Georgia (89-68) Khalif Battle (24 pts, 8 rebs) #2 Tennessee def. #15 Wofford (77-62) Chaz Lanier (29 pts, Six 3s) #10 Arkansas def. #7 Kansas (79-72)
Jonas Aidoo (22 pts) #4 Texas A&M def. #13 Yale (80-71) Pharrel Payne (25 pts, 10 rebs)
#11 Drake def. #6 Missouri (67-57) Bennett Stirtz (21 pts) #7 UCLA def. #10 Utah State (72-47) Skyy Clark (14 pts, Four 4s) #2 St. John’s def. #15 Omaha (83-53)
R.J. Luis Jr. (22 pts, Five 3s) #5 Michigan def. #12 UC San Diego (68-65) Michigan Staves Off 15-Point Comeback
#3 Texas Tech def. #14 UNCW (82-72) Kerwin Walton (27 pts, Eight 3s) |
Men's NCAA Tournament (Day 2) |
#8 Mississippi State vs. #9 Baylor (12:15 pm ET, CBS) #2 Alabama vs. #15 Robert Morris
(12:40 pm ET, TruTV) #3 Iowa State vs. #14 Lipscomb (1:30 pm ET, TNT) #5 Memphis vs. #12 Colorado State (2:00 pm ET, TBS) #1 Duke vs. #16 Mt. St. Mary’s (2:50 pm ET, CBS)
#7 Saint Mary’s vs. #10 Vanderbilt (3:15 pm ET, TruTV)
#6 Ole Miss vs. #11 North Carolina (4:05 pm ET, TNT)
#4 Maryland vs. #13 Grand Canyon (4:35 pm ET, TBS)
#1 Florida vs. #16 Norfolk State (6:50 pm ET, TNT)
#3 Kentucky vs. #14 Troy (7:10 pm ET, CBS)
#7 Marquette vs. #10 New Mexico (7:25 pm ET, TBS)
#4 Arizona vs. #13 Akron (7:35 pm ET, TruTV)
#8 UConn vs. #9 Oklahoma (9:25 pm ET, TNT)
#6 Illinois vs. #11 Xavier (9:45 pm ET, CBS)
#2 Michigan State vs. #15 Bryant (10:00 pm ET, TBS)
#5 Oregon vs. #12 Liberty (10:10 pm ET, TruTV) |
Women's NCAA Tournament (Day 1) |
#6 Michigan vs. #11 Iowa State
(11:30 am ET, ESPN2) #4 Kentucky vs. #13 Liberty
(Noon ET, ESPN) #8 Utah vs. #9 Indiana
(1:30 pm ET, ESPN2) #3 Notre Dame vs. #14 Stephen F. Austin
(2:00 pm ET, ESPN) #5 Kansas State vs. #12 Fairfield
(2:30 pm ET, ESPNews) #4 Baylor vs. #13 Grand Canyon
(3:30 pm ET, ESPNU) #2 TCU vs. #15 Fairleigh Dickinson
(3:30 pm ET, ESPN2) #1 South Carolina vs. #16 Tennessee Tech
(4:00 pm ET, ESPN) #7 Vanderbilt vs. #10 Oregon
(5:30 pm ET, ESPNews) #4 Ohio State vs. #13 Montana State
(5:30 pm ET, ESPN2) #5 Ole Miss vs. #12 Ball State
(6:00 pm ET, ESPNU) #7 Louisville vs. #10 Nebraska
(6:00 pm ET, ESPN) #8 Richmond vs. #9 Georgia Tech
(7:30 pm ET, ESPNews) #2 Duke vs. #15 Lehigh
(8:00 pm ET, ESPNU) #5 Tennessee vs. #12 South Florida
(8:00 pm ET, ESPN) #1 UCLA vs. #16 Southern U.
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