The first day of the NCAA Tournament’s second round delivered a little bit of chalk and a nice dash of drama as three lower-seeded teams beat their counterparts, both No. 1 seeds survived scares of varying degrees and teams from the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 seed lines were all sent packing.
No. 2 seed St. John’s and its 75-66 loss to No. 10 seed Arkansas registered as the biggest wow of the day as the Johnnies became the highest-seeded team to exit of this year’s postseason (so far). Arkansas was a 7-point underdog but controlled the game throughout. It held St. John’s to 1-of-9 shooting to finish the game while outscoring it 11-4 as Johnnies star RJ Luis Jr. was curiously relegated to an onlooker in the crunch time.
No. 3 seed Wisconsin’s 91-89 loss to No. 6 seed BYU and No. 4 seed Texas A&M’s 91-79 loss also registered as upsets by a seeding perspective, though betting markets had the point spread of both games favoring the loser by a single possession.
At the top of the seed tree, No. 1 overall seed Auburn pulled away from No. 9 seed Creighton after a back-and-forth second half, while No. 1 seed Houston had to stiff-arm a furious comeback from No. 8 seed Gonzaga to do its advancing.
The wild day to start the weekend leaves us with 24 teams standing entering Sunday and eight more teams set to be booted from the bracket over the next day.
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