It’s formally March Insanity time. After First 4 video games on Tuesday and Wednesday, the primary full day of the NCAA event kicks off on Thursday with 16 males’s video games unfold out over 12 hours.
Right here’s how Thursday’s schedule will unfold:
Thursday afternoon
No. 9 Michigan State 69, No. 8 Mississippi State 51
No. 11 Duquesne 71, No. 6 BYU 67
No. 3 Creighton 77, No. 14 Akron 60
No. 2 Arizona 85, No. 15 Lengthy Seaside State 65
No. 1 North Carolina 90, No. 16 Wagner 62
No. 3 Illinois 85, No. 14 Morehead State 69
4 p.m. — No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Oregon (TNT)
4:30 p.m. — No. 7 Dayton vs. No. 10 Nevada (TBS)
Thursday night
6:50 p.m. — No. 7 Texas vs. No. 10 Colorado State (TNT)
7:35 p.m. — No. 2 Iowa State vs. No. 15 South Dakota State (TruTV)
9:20 p.m. — No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Saint Peter’s (TNT)
9:40 p.m. — No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 NC State (CBS)
9:55 p.m. — No. 4 Kansas vs. No. 13 Samford (TBS)
10:05 p.m. — No. 7 Washington State vs. No. 10 Drake (TruTV)
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The Geese are in management now with lower than 10 minutes left within the sport.
Last: Illinois 85, Morehead State 69
Marcus Domask recorded the tenth triple-double in NCAA event historical past with 12 factors, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Terrence Shannon Jr. led the way in which with 26 factors.
Illinois has taken management. Can it stave off the upset?
Oregon leads, however South Carolina ended the primary half with a BANG!
In the meantime in Memphis …
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You suppose Terrence Shannon desires to win at the moment? What a hustle play from the Illinois star!
Last: UNC 90, Wagner 62
The Tar Heels roll of their opener. RJ Davis leads the way in which with 22 factors whereas Armando Bacot provides 20 and 15 boards.
It is no shock that Eleventh-seeded Oregon is giving Sixth-seeded South Carolina all it could possibly deal with early. Dana Altman is 7-0 within the first spherical of the NCAA event as head coach of the Geese. That features wins as a No. 12 seed in 2013 and 2019.
Altman’s Oregon groups are infamous for beginning in non-league play however getting stronger over the course of a season. This 12 months’s crew has lived as much as that status, profitable the Pac-12 event as a bid stealer to safe its spot within the NCAA event.
The Tar Heels have pulled away. Armando Bacot is main the way in which with 18 factors and 14 boards.
If it is as much as Dan Monson, Lengthy Seaside State’s 85-65 loss to Arizona won’t be his closing sport as a head coach. Monson, 62, instructed me earlier this week that he hopes coach someplace subsequent season, that he isn’t prepared to sit down on the sofa and not using a crew to guide.
“I actually need to coach,” he mentioned. “This has rejuvenated me.”
Last: Arizona 85, Lengthy Seaside State 65
The Wildcats shook off a sluggish begin and pulled away for a simple first-round win. Dan Monson’s time at The Seaside has come to an finish.
Morehead is 5 of 9 from 3-point vary to date, an enormous motive the 14 seed is main Third-seeded Illinois early:
Oh, hi there Morehead State 👀
Up early on the Large Ten event champion Illini
North Carolina, the primary 1 seed to play at the moment, is wanting good on the half.
Arizona wanting good in opposition to Lengthy Seaside State. The dream could also be over for Dan Monson and the Seaside.
Last: Creighton 77, Akron 60
Ryan Kalkbrenner drops 23 factors to guide No. 3 seed Creighton to a cushty first-round win over No. 14 Akron.
“They simply don’t need me to retire I assume! I am making an attempt to get to the promised land and so they’re making me preserve teaching!”