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Day 2 Recap: Friday looks a lot like Thursday with just 3 March Madness upsets

Mar 22, 2025 | 12:41 AM

For the first time in a long time, the majority of the top seeds prevailed in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, just 3 upsets took place in a busy Friday of Men’s basketball.

9-seed Baylor’s 75-72 win over 8-seed Mississippi State started Friday off on the right foot with a thriller in Raleigh.

15-seed Robert Morris gave 2-seed Alabama everything it could handle, taking the lead late in the 2nd half, but the Crimson Tide ultimately survived with a 90-81 win in Cleveland.

All anybody could talk about this week were the injuries for 3-seed Iowa State, but the Cyclones flaunted their depth with an 82-55 win over 14-seed Lipscomb in Milwaukee.

12-seed Colorado State followed the footsteps of McNeese as the biggest upset of the day, knocking off 5-seed Memphis in a 78-70 win in Seattle.

1-seed Duke basically played a home game in Raleigh, enjoying a blowout win over 16-seed Mount St. Mary’s as ACC Player of the Year Cooper Flagg returned from injury in a 93-49 win.

Another great game saw 7-seed St. Mary’s beat 10-seed Vanderbilt with a heart-racing finish, as a pair of last second shots fall awry for the Commodores, a 59-56 SMC win in Cleveland.

Just two days after North Carolina dominated their First Four game in Dayton, Ole Miss ends the Tar Heels’ season with a tightly contested 71-64 finish in Milwaukee. The ACC now has just one team in the Round of 32 for the first time in 50 years.

4-seed Maryland had its way with 13-seed Grand Canyon in the opening round, winning 81-49 in Seattle.

1-seed Florida had no trouble with 16-seed Norfolk State, dominating from start to finish in a 95-69 victory in Raleigh.

The 3-seed Kentucky Wildcats forgot about last year’s First Round upset vs Oakland, beating Troy 76-57 to advance in Milwaukee.

Moments after 8-seed Marquette look a late-game lead over New Mexico, the Lobos went on a 10-0 to capture their first NCAA tournament win since 2012, beating the Golden Eagles 75-66 in Cleveland.

4-seed Arizona took care of business against 13-seed Akron, winning 93-65 in Seattle.

Back-to-back National Champion UConn defeats 9-seed Oklahoma to set up a date with the previous back-to-back champ Florida as the 8-seed Huskies win 67-59 in Raleigh.

6-seed Illinois silenced the 11-seed Xavier Musketeers with an 86-73 First Round win in Milwaukee.

Despite first half struggles, 2-seed Michigan State turned on the jets in the second half to dismantle 15-seed Bryant, an 85-60 win in Cleveland.

The final game of the night saw 5-seed Oregon making a short trip to Seattle, dominating 12-seed Liberty 81-52. The Ducks capped a First Round that saw Big Ten teams go 8 for 8.

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