The Madness continues Friday with a full slate of action on the men’s side as the other 32 teams vie for a spot in the second round.
The early window was pretty well chalk before a wild finish to Colorado-Florida and Yale-Auburn late in the afternoon. Colorado knocked off Florida with a last-gasp corner jumper that rattled around the rim and then Yale stunned Auburn in the tournament’s biggest upset so far — and that all happened in a matter of minutes. Who knows what other upsets lie ahead?
Here’s the full Friday schedule as the NCAA tournament resumes action.
9:40 p.m. — No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12 James Madison (CBS)
9:55 p.m. — No. 8 Utah State vs. No. 9 TCU (TBS)
10:05 p.m. — No. 5 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 12 Grand Canyon (truTV)
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The Cougars are rolling, up 20 with 4:30 left in the first half.
Final: Alabama 109, Charleston 96
The Crimson Tide were never in trouble in this one. Mark Sears led the way with 30 points in an Alabama offensive explosion.
Meanwhile, James Madison has opened up its 12-5 matchup with Wisconsin with a 10-2 lead. The Dukes have won 13 straight games coming into the NCAA tournament.
Final: Purdue 78, Grambling State 50
One year after getting bounced out of the first round as a No. 1 seed, the Boilermakers actually look the part this tournament and blow out their 16th-seeded opponent.
The Cougars aren’t messing around tonight.
Houston-Longwood is underway. The Cougars are 24.5-point favorites in that one. They’ve made it to at least the Sweet 16 the last four tournaments under Kelvin Sampson.
Alabama and Purdue both hold big leads in this window. Zach Edey has 26 and 20 as the Boilermakers look to wrap things up in their opener.
Zach Edey has recorded the 71st 20-20 game in tournament history. Armando Bacot (2022), Angel Delgado (2018), Tyler Zeller (2012), Tim Duncan (1997), Joe Smith (1995), Hakeem Olajuwon (1983) are the most recent other ones. The first 50 took place in the 50s and 60s.
Alabama is having some fun out there now. The Tide are comfortably in the lead early in the second half.
Final: Texas A&M 98, Nebraska 83
The Aggies won this one going away. Wade Taylor led all scorers with 25 points.
Final: Duke 64, Vermont 47
It was a team effort for the Blue Devils, who got 13+ points from four different players in an easy first-round win.
The Blue Devils are putting the clamps on Vermont late.
What a monster dunk from Nick Pringle! The Tide go into halftime up 51-34.
Hello, Vermont? Catamounts on a mini-run to cut the Duke lead to 50-44 with 7:13 to play.
That is, before Fletcher Loyer had something to say about it. The sophomore scored the last five points of the first half to give Purdue a 36-27 lead at the break.
