The first round of the women's tournament concluded on Saturday, and the second round of the men's tournament began.
Although they lacked an upset on this day, they showed their star power. On the women's side, Caitlin Clark made her tournament debut and nearly recorded a triple-double. On the other side, UConn's girlfriend Paige Bueckers made a triumphant return to the tournament for the first time in two years due to injury. Freshman phenoms JuJu Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo also made their tournament debuts with monster performances.
On the men's side, UNC, Arizona and Tennessee were all there, but tournament favorite Jack Goelke and Oakland were sent to No. 11 North Carolina State.
Here are the scores for the day's basketball games:
Boys' results:
2nd place Arizona 78, 7th place Dayton 68
5th place Gonzaga 89, 4th place Kansas 68
1st place: North Carolina 85, 9th place: Michigan State University 69
2nd place Iowa State 67, 7th place Washington State 56
11th North Carolina State University 79, 14th Oakland University 73
2nd place Tennessee 62, 7th place Texas 58
3rd Illinois 89, 11th Duquesne 63
3rd place Creighton 86, 11th place Oregon 73
Women's results:
6th Tennessee 92, 11th Green Bay 63
3rd place University College 86, 14th place Jackson State University 64
4th Indiana 89, 13th Fairfield 56
8th Kansas State 81, 9th Michigan State 72
2nd place Notre Dame 81, 15th place Kent State 67
3rd place: North Carolina State University 64, 14th place: University of Chattanooga 45
1st place Iowa 91, 16th place Holy Cross 65
6th Syracuse 74, 11th Arizona 69
5th Oklahoma State 73, 12th Florida Gulf Coast 70
No. 1 USC 87, No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 55
7th place Ole Miss 67, 10th place Marquette 55
8th West Virginia 63, 9th Princeton 53
No.7 Creighton 87, No.10 UNLV 73
4th place Gonzaga 75, 13th place UC Irvine 56
2nd place UCLA 84, 15th place California Baptist 55
5th Utah State 68, 12th South Dakota State 54
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Key points from the first round of the women's tournament
Final: Creighton 86, Oregon 73
The No. 3 Blue Jays needed two overtime games to survive a daring upset by No. 11 Oregon State, but will advance to the Sweet 16 to face No. 2 Tennessee.
Creighton won 15-2 in the second OT. The Blue Jays led 86-73 with 35 seconds left.
The Blue Jays came out of the 🔥🔥🔥 second OT with a 79-71 lead.
An 8-0 run begins the OT period. 1:44 left.
Double oats are on the way!
Creighton's potential game-winner bounced off the rim. One overtime wasn't enough!
Jermaine Quinard (who else?) scores the contested three points to tie the game for the Ducks! 71-71. 17 seconds left.
Creighton caught a bit of fire here and took a 69-66 lead with 52 seconds left.
Blue Jays take the lead in OT!
Oregon 62, Creighton 62: Overtime!
Creighton's Baylor Scheierman hit a strong stepback jumper to tie the game in the final seconds. Another OT game is coming!
Final: Utah State 68, South Dakota State 54
The Utes advance to take on No. 4 Gonzaga. Utah was once again led by Alyssa Pili with 26 points and 7 rebounds.
Nfalee Dante made another powerful dunk to extend Oregon's lead to 62-58. There was less than a minute left.
Jermaine Quinard's triple cap gives Oregon a 9-0 victory and the Ducks extend their lead over Creighton to 58-52.
Finals: UCLA 84, California Baptist 55
The Bruins pulled away in the second half, with four players scoring in double figures. UCLA will play Creighton in the round of 32 on Monday.
Oregon State Creighton finishes with a bang Saturday night in Pittsburgh!
The nightcap of the men's tournament remained close throughout. Creighton responded to the run and took the lead back at 47-46 by the under-12 timeout.
Illinois' first Sweet 16 trip since 2005
In the second half, the Bruins started to get a little easier.
Final: No. 3 Illinois 88, No. 11 Duquesne 63
Terrence Shannon led the Illini to the Sweet 16 with 30 points, ending the Dukes' magical losing streak.
