NCAA Basketball has a long season but becomes more interesting during the famous march madness a period that began tonight with the first half of 32 games played from Thursday to Friday. These games consist of two halves with the possibility of going to overtime. In the first 6 games, we enjoyed the first signs of this March madness with great chagrin, as the University Kentucky was eliminated by St. Peter’s. Right, Wild cats eliminated in the first round of overtime, but more on that later. We’ll be going conference after conference to tell you which games were played on Thursday and give you the results of each bracket.
Western brace
The Western bracket has already prepared us for the first possible match of the Sweet 16, as four games took place on Thursday. Gonzaga (1) defeated Georgia St. (16) with an easy final score of 93-72. Boise Street (8) lost to Memphis (9) with a final score of 64-53. Thus, the second round match between Memphis and Gonzaga will take place on March 19-20. The first disappointment of the evening was when the New Mexico St. Aggis (12) defeated the Connecticut Huskies (5) with a final score of 70-63 in dramatic fashion. Arkansas Razorbacks (4) fought to the end to win Catamounts of Vermont (13) with a final score of 75-71. In this part of the Western bracket, the winner of Gonzaga vs. Memphis will play the winner of New Mexico vs. Arkansas.
Eastern brace
in Eastern brace gave us six exciting games, it was the most active conference and that was where the most excitement was. Early Thursday morning, the Baylor Bears (1) thrashed the Norfolk State Spartans (16) with a final score of 85-49. The University of North Carolina (8) also dominated the Marquette Golden Eagles (9) with a 95-63 record. St. Mary’s (5) defeated Indiana (12) with a 82–53 final record. In one of the most exciting games of the evening University of California at Los Angeles (4) struggled to beat the Akron Zips (13) with a glitter logo bomb scored by Tiger Campbell. The Bruins ended up winning 57–53. In the second round, we got Baylor’s explosive play against UNC and St. Mary’s against UCLA. The winners of both games will meet in the Sweet 16. Still in the east, Murray State (7) defeated San Francisco (10) with a dramatic 92-87 final score. But the biggest disappointment of the season has to be St. Peter’s (15) win in overtime over University of Kentucky (2) with a score of 85-79.
south brace
In the South, we only had two games, and we’ll get the rest tomorrow. Colorado State (6) lost narrowly against Michigan (11) with a score of 75-63. Tennessee (3) easily beat Longwood (14) 88-56. The Thuis South Conference Bracket gives us 6 crazy games throughout the game.
Midwest brace
The Midwest also only had four games to offer. Kansas Jayhawks (1) win over Texas Southern Tigers (16) 83-53. San Diego State (8) was defeated by Creighton (9) with a final score of 72-69. In another big upset, the Richmond Spiders (12) eliminated the Iowa Seahawks (5) with a dramatic 67-63 record. Providence (4) had no problems against South Dakota (13) with a final score of 66-57. In the second round, Kansas faces Creighton and Richmond faces Providence. The winners of these two games will face each other in Sweet 16.
