It's officially March Madness time. After his first four games on Tuesday and Wednesday, the first full day of the NCAA Tournament begins Thursday, with his 16 games on the men's side played over his 12 hours.
Thursday's schedule will look like this:
thursday afternoon
9th Michigan State 69, 8th Mississippi State 51
11th Duquesne 71, 6th BYU 67
No.3 Creighton 77, No.14 Akron 60
2nd place Arizona State 85, 15th place Long Beach State University 65
1st North Carolina 90, 16th Wagner 62
3rd place Illinois 85, 14th place Morehead State University 69
11th Oregon State 87, 6th South Carolina 73
7th Dayton 63, 10th Nevada 60
thursday evening
7th Texas State 56, 10th Colorado State University 44
Jack Gaelke made 10 (!) 3-pointers and scored 32 points, leading the Golden Grizzlies to a huge upset of the Wildcats in the first round! John Calipari's team suffered yet another in a disappointing list of early tournament losses.
Oakland led 79-74. With less than five seconds left, the Kentucky ball fell under the basket.
Deep 3 is no good for Kentucky. Oakland ball, free throw at 18.1 seconds.
This is becoming a reality…
Big upset: Oakland made a 3 with 28.8 seconds left to give Kentucky a 78-74 lead.
No. 2 Iowa State pulls away from No. 15 South Dakota State.
The Wildcats were up by two points with just over six minutes left. John Calipari might be coaching for his job in the final minutes here.
The 14th-seeded Golden Grizzlies are looking to pull off a stunning victory in the tournament.
Jack Goelke and Oakland are putting all kinds of pressure on Kentucky!
He's 9 of 16 in 3-point land today 🎯
Colorado State University does a good enough job of making this one interesting. In the 4-and-under game against Texas, we were down 8 points due to a timeout.
Iowa State shot 63% in the first half and led by seven points at intermission.
Meanwhile, the Zags took control from the start against Will Wade and McNeese State.
Oakland is hanging around as its first-round matchup against Kentucky approaches halftime.
