Saturday, March 17, 2012

First day of the first round

One upset on opening day, as #11 Gonzaga toppled #6 Rutgers, 86-73.

#2 Kentucky avoided an upset by #15 McNeese State.

Never-say-die #7 DePaul held off #10 BYU to advance.

Another squeaker was #8 Kansas State's defeat of #9 Princeton.

Other scores:

#5 South Carolina 80, #12 Eastern Michigan 48.
#8 West Virginia 68, #9 Texas 55.
#2 Maryland 59, #15 Navy 44.
#4 Purdue 83, #13 South Dakota State 68.
#7 Louisville 67, #10 Michigan State 55.
#1 Stanford 73, #16 Hampton 51.
#1 Connecticut 83, #16 Prairie View A&M 47.
#6 Arkansas 72, #11 Dayton 55.
#2 Tennessee 72, #15 Tennessee-Martin 49.
#3 Texas A&M 69, #14 Albany 47.
#3 Miami 70, #14 Idaho State 41.
#7 Green Bay 71, #10 Iowa State 57.

Scoreboard.

Tomorrow's schedule.

The WNIT bracket is narrowing, as five teams have already made the Sweet 16: Oregon State, Missouri State, Temple, Appalachian State, and South Florida. Action continues tomorrow.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

despite the rankings, i don't think you can truly call the zag win over rutgers an upset. the zags were a ranked team and playing on their home court.

scullyfu

Sue Favor said...

Seedings are seedings; it was an upset. People need to respect the seedings.