Overview
- No. 12 High Point stunned No. 5 Wisconsin for its first NCAA Tournament win, and Nebraska also recorded its first victory in the event.
- VCU erased a 19-point deficit to beat North Carolina 82-78 in overtime, delivering one of Day 1’s biggest shocks.
- No. 1 overall seed Duke survived a major scare, rallying past No. 16 Siena 71-65 after trailing by 11 at halftime.
- BYU freshman AJ Dybantsa scored 35 in a loss to Texas, the most points by a freshman in an NCAA Tournament debut according to ESPN.
- Sixteen first-round games are on tap today, with ESPN and USA TODAY running live trackers, and ESPN’s Jay Bilas predicting upsets by UCF, Missouri, Iowa and Utah State.