March Madness upsets pile up
The NCAA second round delivered a chaos cocktail — VCU beat No. 6 UNC 82–78, TCU edged Ohio State 66–64, Texas A&M toppled Saint Mary’s 63–50, Texas beat BYU 79–71, Saint Louis crushed Georgia 102–77, and Nebraska routed Troy 76–47. (x.com) Texas also punched through from a play‑in to the Sweet 16 after beating Gonzaga, and the official Sweet 16 bracket and schedules are live for tracking every twist. (ncaa.com)
Terrence Hill Jr. poured in a career-high 34 points off the bench and drilled 7-of-10 3s as VCU erased a 19-point second-half deficit — the biggest comeback in a first-round game in NCAA Tournament history. (espn.com) Xavier Edmonds converted a contested layup with about 4.3 seconds remaining to lift No. 9 TCU past No. 8 Ohio State and seal the Horned Frogs’ advance to the next round. (espn.com) Rashaun Agee led Texas A&M with 22 points and nine rebounds in the Aggies’ win, and the No. 10 seed is slotted to meet No. 2 Houston in the Round of 32. (espn.com) Against BYU, Matas Vokietaitis paced Texas with 23 points and 16 rebounds while BYU’s AJ Dybantsa scored 35; Texas then survived Gonzaga when Camden Heide buried a late corner 3 to send the Longhorns from the First Four into the Sweet 16. (espn.com) Camden Heide’s go-ahead triple came with roughly 14.7 seconds left as Texas became the first First Four team in five years to reach the Sweet 16. (espn.com) Dion Brown shot 9-for-10 and finished with 18 as No. 9 Saint Louis blew the game open and now draws No. 1 Michigan, while Pryce Sandfort scored 23 to lead No. 4 Nebraska into a second-round meeting with No. 5 Vanderbilt. (espn.com)
