March 20, 2021 No. 4 Oklahoma State survives No. 13 Liberty 69-60 in NCAA Cade Cunningham vowed to lead Oklahoma State to a strong run through the NCAA Tournament. The freshman All-American didn't have an explosive debut, but did just enough to lead the Cowboys to a 69-60 victory over Liberty on Friday night in a Midwest Region first-round game.
March 20, 2021 Wisconsin routs UNC, Williams falls to 29-1 in NCAA openers North Carolina coach Roy Williams lost his first opening-round NCAA Tournament game in 30 tries as ninth-seeded Wisconsin blew out his eighth-seeded Tar Heels 85-62 on Friday night.
March 19, 2021 NCAA tournament upset: Purdue falls to North Texas Javion Hamlet scored 24 points and Thomas Bell had 16 to lift the 13th-seeded Mean Green to a 78-69 win
March 19, 2021 No. 8 seed Loyola holds off No. 9 seed Georgia Tech, 71-60 Loyola Chicago might be the only team that feels as though little has changed about the NCAA Tournament.
March 19, 2021 Oregon State takes down Tennessee 70-56 as No. 12 seed Oregon State played up the underdog role all season and is now the latest No. 12 seed to win an opening-round NCAA Tournament game.
March 19, 2021 CNN stars sweep into second round of 'Liberal Hack Tournament,' MSNBC still in running for glory CNN is off to a fantastic start in the second annual "Liberal Hack Tournament," with its personalities taking all nine matchups Friday in the "Liberal Activists" and "Fake News" brackets.
March 19, 2021 Baylor finds its touch, rolls to 79-55 victory over Hartford After MaCio Teague and the Baylor Bears got comfortable in the spacious confines of Lucas Oil Stadium, they looked like a team that could be playing there for much higher stakes in a few weeks.
March 19, 2021 Ex-NBA star Nick Young criticized for sexist remark over NCAA Tournament disparities, says he was hacked Former NBA player Nick Young came under fire on Friday after he appeared to make a sexist remark on a social media post calling out the NCAA for the disparity between weight rooms at the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.Â
March 19, 2021 Oral Roberts shocks Ohio State to deliver NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's first major upset Oral Roberts delivered the first shocking upset of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Friday, beating Ohio State in overtime, 75-72
March 19, 2021 Top-seeded Illinois cruises past Drexel 78-49 to open NCAAs Kofi Cockburn muscled his way to 18 points and Illinois cruised past 16th-seeded Drexel 78-49 Friday in the Illini's first NCAA Tournament game as a No. 1 seed in 16 years.