The Saint Peter’s Peacocks defeated a second team from Kentucky, outlasting Murray State 70-60 to match Florida Gulf Coast (2013) and Oral Roberts (2021) as the only 15th-seeded teams to ever make the round of 16.
The day started with the defeat of the defending champion and No. 1-seed Baylor Bears, as the 8th-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels beat them 93-86 in overtime. The Tar Heels led by 25 with ten minutes left in the game before Baylor mounted a comeback for the ages to tie it up and send it to the extra period but couldn’t pull out the win.
R.J. Davis is trying to will his @UNC_Basketball Tar Heels to victory in overtime.@kevinkugler with the major league call on this major league bucket⤵️#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/Y3OsEuwesx
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The Michigan Wolverines came back late to pull an upset of their own, knocking off the #3-seeded Tennessee Volunteers 76-68. Hunter Dickinson had 27 points for the victors to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.
🚨BACK AND FORTH WITH 3 MINUTES LEFT!🚨@Vol_Hoops & @umichbball are trading blows to earn a spot in the #SweetSixteen @BrandonGaudin & @AustinCroshere had the call as Michigan tied it up at 60⤵️#MarchMadness2022 #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/sJrclenA81
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The top-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs made their seventh straight Sweet 16, with Drew Timme scoring 21 of his 25 points in the second half as the defending-runner ups rallied to overcome Memphis 82-78.
FINAL: @ZagMBB overcomes everything Memphis had to win 82-78 and advance to the Sweet 16.
Ryan Radtke & @dandickau21 had the call.#MarchMadness #UnitedWeZag pic.twitter.com/lAOH9nVC43
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Kansas avoided Baylor’s fate by dispatching a pesky Creighton Bluejays team 79-72 to advance to the Sweet 16 thanks to some late defensive stands.
Our own @kevinkugler & @RobbieHummel have the call as the Jalen & Jalen show try to send @KUHoops into the Sweet 16⤵️
Jayhawks lead @BluejayMBB 71-66 with 4 minutes left! pic.twitter.com/wnqrWgyEvX
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Arkansas and New Mexico State were locked in a low-scoring battle, but the Razorbacks gritted out a win over the Aggies 53-48 despite shooting just 27.5 percent from the floor.
🚨FINAL: It was @RazorbackMBB that survived New Mexico State in a defensive duel, 53-48.@ScottWipeout & @JonCrispinESPN were on the call for this classic from the @KeyBankCtr.#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/5nPT1NvgC8
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The fourth-seeded UCLA Bruins used a late 15-4 run to continue the quest for back-to-back Final Fours with a 72-56 win over fifth-seeded St. Mary’s.
Cody Riley with the DAGGER for @UCLAMBB in a 72-56 victory over @saintmaryshoops that sends the Bruins to the #SweetSixteen – Ryan Radtke & @dandickau21 on the call! #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/cuM18docXq
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The fourth-seeded Providence Friars cruised to a 79-51 win over 12 seed Richmond, limiting the Spiders to a 1 for 22 performance from deep.
Jared Bynum drills a three to give @PCFriarsmbb a commanding 30-point second half lead over @SpiderMBB! @ScottWipeout & JonCrispinESPN on the call! #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/c3umjpUMOD
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