March Madness chaos
March Madness opened with major bracket-busting results — Duke survived a scare against Siena while traditional powers North Carolina and Wisconsin were both knocked out on Day 1 (sports.yahoo.com). Kentucky beat Santa Clara in overtime, top seeds Arizona and Florida cruised, and the second round resumes tonight with matchups like Nebraska vs. Vanderbilt (7:45 PM CT on TNT) and Duke vs. TCU (5:15 PM ET on CBS) ( ).
No. 1 overall seed Duke edged No. 16 Siena, 71-65, in Greenville, S.C., rallying after a 43-32 first-half deficit to advance from the Round of 64. (espn.com) No. 11 VCU erased a 19-point second-half deficit to beat No. 6 North Carolina, 82-78 in overtime, with Terrence Hill Jr. scoring 34 points and drilling the go-ahead 3 with 15 seconds left. (vcuathletics.com) No. 12 High Point stunned No. 5 Wisconsin, 83-82, when Chase Johnston — who had not scored a two-point field goal all season — finished a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining. (espn.com) No. 7 Kentucky survived a scare from No. 10 Santa Clara, winning 89-84 in overtime after Otega Oweh banked a long three at the buzzer to force OT and later sank the tiebreaking free throws. (espn.com) Top seeds rolled: Arizona routed Long Island University, 92-58, while Florida pummeled Prairie View A&M, 114-55 — Florida’s 59-point margin was the largest ever in a 1-vs-16 matchup and the second-largest in tournament history. (espn.com) The Round of 32 resume tonight with No. 4 Nebraska vs. No. 5 Vanderbilt tipping at 7:45 p.m. CT on TNT, and No. 1 Duke vs. No. 9 TCU scheduled for 5:15 p.m. ET on CBS. (cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com)
