March Madness Round 1 highlights: Upsets, game scores and key moments

This Grand Canyon was a sight to behold, too.

The private, Christian school in Phoenix knocked off fifth-seeded Saint Mary’s in the final game of the opening round for its first NCAA Tournament victory in three tries.

The No. 12 seed Antelopes — “Lopes” for short across their jerseys — advanced to face high-scoring Alabama in the second round Sunday in Spokane, Washington.

Tyon Grant-Foster led four scorers in double figures with 22. The Antelopes also blocked nine shots.

Saint Mary’s became the second No. 5 seed knocked out of this tournament and the 14th to fall in the opening round since 2014. The 5-12 matchup has seen at least one upset in 33 of the past 39 tournaments.

We’re inside of four minutes in Spokane and 12th-seeded Grand Canyon is on the cusp of its first NCAA Tournament victory.

The Antelopes have a 66-58 lead over No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s. The Gaels have chipped away at what was a 15-point deficit, but the Antelopes have hit 7 of 8 free throws in the past few minutes to keep the advantage.

No. 6 seed Nebraska squandered a 17-point lead in the second half but bounced back to beat 11th-seeded Texas A&M and advance in the women’s tournament.

Alexis Markowski and Logan Nissley scored 16 points apiece for the Cornhuskers, who moved on to face Oregon State in the second round of the Albany 1 Region in Corvallis, Oregon.

Aicha Coulibaly played a huge role in A&M’s comeback, scoring all 26 of her points in the second half. Her 3-point play with 16.7 seconds left put Texas A&M ahead — but only briefly.

No. 8 seed Utah State is into the second round of the NCAA Tournament after beating ninth-seeded TCU in Indianapolis.

Ian Martinez paced the Aggies with 21 points, and Isaac Johnson added 19. Utah States moves on to face No. 1 seed Purdue on Sunday.

It’ll be a huge matchup for Johnson, a 7-foot center who will be giving up 4 inches and close to 75 pounds to Purdue star Zach Edey.

We’ve got a late night upset alert.

No. 12 seed Grand Canyon has started the second half on a run and holds a 50-35 lead over No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s with under 12 minutes remaining. The Antelopes scored the first six points of the half, but it’s been a 15-1 run that’s allowed them to take control. Saint Mary’s isn’t a team built for big comebacks. The Gaels could be in trouble.

It will be another year without a perfect men’s NCAA Tournament bracket.

Upsets by Yale, Oakland and Duquesne busted many of the more than 22 million brackets entered in the largest contest, ESPN’s Tournament Challenge, and the last three fell on Friday night when James Madison beat Wisconsin 72-61.

▶ Read more: No perfect brackets this year

No. 2 seed Stanford is advancing to the second round of the women’s tournament.

Elena Bosgana led four scorers in double figures with 18. Cameron Brink finished with 17 points and 15 rebounds, and Kiki Iriafen chipped in 17 points and nine boards.

Stanford advanced to face Iowa State and standout center Audi Crooks, who scored 40 points and helped the Cyclones rally from 20 points down to stun Maryland.

A 12 seed is once again advancing in the NCAA Tournament.

A year after all four No. 5 seeds survived the opening round, 12th-seeded James Madison upset No. 5 seed Wisconsin 72-61 in Brooklyn.

Terrence Edwards Jr. scored 14 points and Julien Wooden and T.J. Bickerstaff added 12 apiece for James Madison, which advanced to face Duke in the second round Sunday. So it’ll be either Duke or the Dukes in the Sweet 16 — with the Duquesne Dukes still going on the other side of the bracket, too.

JMU became the 13th No. 12 seed to beat a 5 seed since 2014. The 5-12 matchup has seen at least one upset in 33 of the past 39 years.

Top-seeded Houston is moving on in the NCAA Tournament after an impressive opening-round victory against Longwood in Memphis.

LJ Cryer and Damian Dunn led the way with 17 points apiece for the Cougars, who advanced to face ninth-seeded Texas A&M on Sunday.

Houston held an opponent under 60 points for the 21st time this season.

It’s halftime for the last game of the night and No. 12 seed Grand Canyon has a 28-27 lead over No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s in Spokane.

It’s been a tight first half with defense the story, but the Antelopes used an 8-1 spurt late in the half to take the lead. Tyon Grant-Foster leads Grand Canyon with nine points while Mitchell Saxen has 10 for the Gaels.

James Madison is on the cusp of closing out Wisconsin and advancing to face Duke in a second-round South Region game. The 12th-seeded Dukes lead by 11 with 2:33 left.

James Madison keeps answering when Wisconsin starts to surge. The 12th-seeded Dukes were up 55-45 on the fifth-seeded Badgers from the Big Ten with 7:29 left in the second half after Noah Freidel made a 3 from the wing.

The Dukes, playing in their first NCAA Tournament since 2013, have not advanced out of the first round since 1983.

As expected, it was definitely not a friendly late-night welcome for No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s playing in the hometown of its biggest rival.

There are plenty of purple-clad Grand Canyon fans in attendance at the Spokane Arena. But there’s also a lot of fans wearing Gonzaga shirts that are cheering heavily for the 12th-seeded Antelopes. And they’ve had a lot to cheer for early, as it’s a tight game with halftime drawing closer.

Not only did Oregon State freshman Dominika Paurova score a career-high 17 points in her first NCAA Tournament game on Friday night, it was also her 19th birthday.

And she did it in front of her parents, who traveled from the Czech Republic to see her play in college for the first time.

“I was enjoying every moment of this game,” she said.

Third-seeded Oregon State beat No. 14 Eastern Washington 73-51 to advance to the second round.

Max Klesmit is trying to keep Wisconsin in the game against James Madison. The junior hit four 3s in the first eight minutes of the second half, but the fifth-seeded Badgers of the Big Ten still trailed the Sun Belt champion Dukes 49-38.

Utah State and TCU already faced a tough act after home-state favorite and top-seeded Purdue steamrolled No. 16 seed Grambling State. It became even harder since it tipped off at 10:29 p.m. ET.

The late, late start tamped down initial energy among the hearty crowd that hung around for the day’s final game. They eventually found their second wind (by yawning, maybe?) and cranked up the noise by halftime. After all, the night was still kind of young in the Mountain and Central time zones they came from.

Forget the idea of top-seeded Houston being in trouble in its opener against 16th-seeded Longwood.

The Cougars have yet to trail and lead Longwood 43-16 at halftime. They finished the first half on a 16-3 run with LJ Cryer their only double-digit scorer so far with 13 points.

Houston will get a rematch in the second round of the South Region if the Cougars finish off Lancewood. They beat Texas A&M in Houston in December.

James Madison, which started its season with a victory against a Big Ten team, is halfway to taking another one down.

The 12th-seeded Dukes dominated the first half against No. 5 seed Wisconsin and led 33-20 in a South Region game in Brooklyn. The Badgers have 13 turnovers and have shot 26%.

No. 4 seed Alabama is giving the Southeastern Conference a third team in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Mark Sears scored 30 points – his fourth game with at least 30 this season – and the fast-paced Crimson Tide dominated 13th-seeded Charleston in Spokane, Washington.

Alabama advances to face No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s or Grand Canyon on Sunday. The SEC finished 3-5 in the opening round, with only Alabama, Tennessee and Texas A&M surviving.

Charleston’s Kobe Rodgers was helped off the floor with a little more than four minutes to play after taking a hard hit while being fouled.

James Madison is looking to pull the first 5-12 upset of the NCAA Tournament. The Dukes, who came in tied with UConn for the most victories in the country, jumped out to an 18-5 lead on Wisconsin. JMU’s defense forced seven turnovers in the first 10 minutes.

The Badgers managed to chip the lead down to 19-12 with 7:38 left in the half.

No. 3 seed Oregon State is into the second round of the women’s tournament but awaits word on Raegan Beers’ injured right ankle.

Beers had 19 points and nine rebounds before getting hurt at the end of the third quarter in Corvalles, Oregon. Even without Beers for the final quarter, the Beavers cruised past No. 14 seed Eastern Washington in the Albany 1 Region.

Oregon State will play the Nebraska-Texas A&M winner Sunday.

Zach Edey and Purdue got past the opening round of the NCAA Tournament this time around.

A year after becoming the second No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed, the Boilermakers handled Grambling State. They will face the TCU-Utah State winner Sunday.

Edey was the man in this one. The 7-foot-4 center finished with 30 points, 21 rebounds and three blocks. Edey became the first player with 30 or more points and 20 or more rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game since Maryland’s Joe Smith had 31 and 21 against Texas in 1995.

Fairleigh Dickinson stunned Edey and Purdue a year ago, joining a super-exclusive club that includes only Virginia (2018).

The third-ranked Oregon State women were hurt at the end of the third quarter of their first-round game against Eastern Washington when Raegan Beers fell to the court crying and clutching her right ankle. It was unclear how she was injured.

The 6-foot-4 forward was able to stand on her own but limped to the locker room.

Beers led third-seeded Beavers this season with an average of 17.7 points and 10.4 rebounds. She earned AP All-America third team honors. She was leading the Beavers with 19 points and nine rebounds before she was hurt.

The Hawkeye State has another big-time scorer other than Caitlin Clark.

Audi Crooks bullied her way to 40 points on 18-of-20 shooting to lead seventh-seeded Iowa State over No. 10 seed Maryland 93-86 in the Portland 4 Region.

The 6-foot-3 Crooks added 12 rebounds and two blocks.

The Cyclones rallied from 20 points down. It’s the second-largest comeback in NCAA history, trailing only a 21-point rally by Texas A&M over Penn in 2017.

Iowa State advanced to face Stanford or Norfolk State in Stanford, California.

Fifth-seeded Colorado is moving into the second round after beating No. 12 seed Drake.

The Buffaloes will host Kansas State in the second round Sunday. Aaronette Vonleh led four scorers in double figures with 18. The Colorado men advanced earlier in the day, 102-100 over Florida.

Vermont guard TJ Long injured his right leg late in the Catamounts’ first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Duke and had to be helped off the court.

Long, the team’s leading scorer, grabbed a long pass and was in the clear to go up for an easy layup, but when he landed on his right leg, he lost control of the ball. He went down to the floor in obvious pain with 1:18 left in the game and Duke in control. Long was helped off and immediately went to the locker room, putting no weight on his leg.

No. 9 seed Texas A&M is headed to the second round after lighting up the scoreboard and overwhelming eighth-seeded Nebraska.

Backcourt trio Wayne Taylor IV (25), Manny Obaseki (22) and Tyrece Radford (20) combined to score 67 points for the Aggies, who will face Houston or Longwood in the second round.

Texas A&M hit 13 3-pointers, including nine in a 58-point first half.

No. 4 seed Duke is onto the second round after dispatching 13-seeded Vermont.

Mark Mitchel and Jared McCain scored 15 points apiece for the Blue Devils, who advanced to face Wisconsin or James Madison in the second round.

The third-seeded Oregon State women led No. 14 seed Eastern Washington 39-27 after the first half in Corvallis.

The Beavers trailed early but vaulted into the lead with an 18-2 run.

Oregon State was led by third-team AP All American Raegan Beers with 18 points and six rebounds in the half.

Eastern Washington’s band did its best to distract the Beavers, at one point holding up a large pink America flag with a picture of rapper Ice Spice on it.

After seeing two other teams from their home state get bounced, Alabama doesn’t seem interested in joining the parade of charter planes headed home from the Pacific Northwest.

The fourth-seeded Crimson Tide used a late surge to take a 51-34 lead at halftime over No. 13 Charleston. Mark Sears led the Tide with 20 points in the first half. UAB and Auburn both lost in Spokane in the early session.

Just when it look as if Duke was in position to pull away from Vermont, the 13th-seeded Catamounts made a little run. Shamir Bogues made a 3 with 7:15 left in the second half that cut the Blue Devils’ lead to 50-44 and prompted a timeout from coach Jon Scheyer.

Katie Meier, the now-former Miami women’s coach, had her retirement news conference on Friday. She announced Thursday that she was stepping down after 19 seasons with the Hurricanes.

It took her exactly 28 seconds before tearing up as she tried to deliver her farewell speech. This one part was particularly poignant:

“Look at all those banners,” she said, looking up to her left at the banners swaying at Watsco Center. “Look at the 100% graduation rate for the players who stayed four years here. Can we hang a banner for that, too?”

Meier is staying on as a special adviser.

So much for picking every game right.

No perfect brackets remain on CBS Sports following Yale’s stunner over fourth-ranked Auburn.

The Tigers busted however many unbeaten brackets remained; it couldn’t have been many considering how many top seeds have faltered in the first two days of the NCAA Tournament.

Anyway, better luck next year.

Fifth-seeded Baylor is moving on in the NCAA women’s tournament after topping 12th-seeded Vanderbilt 80-63 in the Portland 3 Region.

The Bears advanced to face Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Sunday.

Oregon State’s 6-foot-4 sophomore forward Raegan Beers is a superhero to her teammates, but now she looks the part, too.

Beers was elbowed in the face by a UCLA player some three weeks ago and broke her nose. She missed four games, but she’s been back — wearing an imposing black face mask.

Beers led the third-seeded Beavers this season with an average of 17.7 points and 10.4 rebounds, one of just 26 players in the nation to average a double-double. She earned AP All-America third team honors.

Vermont is hanging around against perennial power Duke in Brooklyn, trailing 34-29 at halftime after falling behind by 10 in the first half.

TJ Long and Aaron Deloney have each tossed in a circus bucket to beat the shot clock for the 13th-seeded Catamounts, playing in their third straight NCAA Tournament out of the America East Conference.

The 8-9 game in Memphis, Tennessee, sounds and looks almost like a Nebraska home game.

Yes, there’s lots of red inside the FedExForum because of top-seeded Houston playing the second game of the Friday night session. But Huskers’ fans bought up all their ticket allotment and sound like they bought lots of others for this first round.

The game lived up to the seeding early. Then the Aggies started defending the Southeastern Conference’s battered record in this tournament.

Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd isn’t asking for much here: “I don’t think it’s hard to find nets where the ball goes through.”

That, it turned out, was quite the issue through four first-round games in Salt Lake City on Thursday.

Balls kept getting lodged in the too-tight nets. Maintenance workers kept coming out to try to stretch the twine. Nothing quite worked.

Saturday is another day.

“I hope they have the wherewithal to make that change,” Lloyd said.

Alabama is moving on in the NCAA women’s tournament after beating Florida State.

Essence Cody led the way for the Crimson Tide with 20 points and 14 rebounds. Karly Weathers and Aaliyah Nye added 18 points apiece for Alabama, which advanced to face Texas in Austin on Sunday.

With fourth-seeded Duke on a 7-0 run, Vermont coach John Becker just took a timeout and got hit with a technical foul for yelling at an official as the teams headed to their benches. Duke leads the 13th-seeded Catamounts 18-12 with 13:21 left in the first half.

The only people not surprised by Oakland sharp-shooter Jack Gohlke’s 32-point outburst in an upset win over Kentucky may have been Gohlke and those who know him best.

While Gohlke’s social media blew up after he hit 10 3-pointers against the Wildcats, one shy of the NCAA Tournament record, his former coaches say what Gohlke did against Kentucky is nothing new.

“I mean this from the bottom of my heart, every single one of those shots he took and made are shots that he religiously practices every single day,” said Keven Bradley, an assistant coach during Gohlke’s final three years at Division II Hillsdale College, where he played before enrolling in Oakland.

▶ Read more: Jack Gohlke, Oakland’s masterful 3-point shooter

Whew! Where to begin dissecting stats from Colorado’s 102-100 win over Florida. Let’s just jump in ...

— It was the first men’s tournament game since 2005 (West Virginia 111, Wake Forest 105) where both teams scored 100 points.
— Teams scoring at least 100 points are now 156-21 in tournament games.
— Florida had won 50 consecutive games when scoring 100 points (last loss in 1988 to LSU, 111-101)
— Colorado has WON each of its last two games when allowing 100 points. (The Buffs were 2-47 in their previous 49 games when allowing that many.)

Colorado’s KJ Simpson’s baseline jumper with 1.7 seconds left – a shot that bounced around the rim several times before falling through – gave Colorado a narrow victory against seventh-seeded Florida.

The Gators frantically rallied behind Walter Clayton Jr. to tie the wild game in the waning seconds. But Simpson answered on the other end.

Clayton got off a final shot from beyond halfcourt that hit the backboard.

Colorado’s win kept the Pac 12 unbeaten through five games. The Southeastern Conference dropped to 1-5.

The Buffaloes advanced to face Marquette on Sunday.

Colorado’s KJ Simpson hit a baseline jumper with a little more than a second left to beat seventh-seeded Florida 102-100 in one of the more exciting games of the NCAA Tournament.

It was the second win for the Buffaloes in two days. They will now face Marquette on Sunday.

Colorado has two of the league’s five wins. Arizona beat Long Beach State, Washington State handled Drake and Oregon knocked off South Carolina on Thursday.