2015 NCAA Tournament Day 1 Recap – Upsets Are Bruin

Bracket busted yet? You are not alone. As it does every year, the 2015 NCAA Tournament has continued the hopes of several teams and their fans as well deflated those of the losing teams. Because of that, it has wrecked the brackets of millions of basketball fans… and it is only Day 1.

NCAA Tournament Day 1 Results

Midwest Region

Mar 19, 2015; Louisville, KY, USA; The Kentucky Wildcats walk off the court after defeating the Hampton Pirates in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at KFC Yum! Center. Kentucky wins 79-56. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

#16 Hampton 56 – #1 Kentucky 79

#9 Purdue 65 – #8 Cincinnati 66 OT

#11 Texas 48 – #6 Butler 56

#14 Northeastern 65 – #3 Notre Dame 69

Not a lot of surprise here. Kentucky rolled while Butler and Notre Dame needed a little extra to beat their opponents. Cincinnati and Purdue on the other hand, took there game to the wire the Bearcats were down by seven very late in the game and forced overtime where it was still neck dn neck, yet Cincinnati persevered.

Round of 32: #1 Kentucky vs #8 Cincinnati, #6 Butler vs #3 Notre Dame

West Region

UCLA Bruins

#12 Wofford 53 – #5 Arkansas 56

#13 Harvard 65 – #4 North Carolina 67

#11 Ole Miss 57 – #6 Xavier 76

#14 Georgia State 57 – #3 Baylor 56

#10 Ohio State 75 – #7 VCU 72 OT

#15 Texas Southern 72 – #2 Arizona 93

The West Region got a big surprise with Georgia State taking out Baylor while Arkansas and North Carolina had a scare themselves with a couple of upstart teams. Xavier and Arizona wrecked the respective teams while Ohio State’s freshmen D’Angelo Russell scored 28 despite bleeding from his head due to an elbow.

Round of 32: #5 Arkansas vs #4 North Carolina, #6 Xavier vs #14 Georgia State, #10 Ohio State vs #2 Arizona

South Region

Mar 19, 2015; Louisville, KY, USA; The Southern Methodist Mustangs walk off the court after losing to the UCLA Bruins 59-60 in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at KFC Yum! Center. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

#12 Stephen F. Austin 50 – #5 Utah 67

#13 Eastern Washington 74 – #4 Georgetown 84

#14 UAB 60 – #3 Iowa State 59

#11 UCLA 60 – #6 SMU 59

The biggest upsets so far are between two teams that have already met in in a tournament this season. UCLA and UAB shocked their opponent and will meet on Saturday. Utah was able to handle a lesser Stephen F. Austin while Georgetown throttled Eastern Washington.

Round of 32: #5 Utah vs #Georgetown, #14 UAB vs #11 UCLA

East Region

#16 Lafayette 52 – #1 Villanova 93

#9 LSU 65 – #8 NC State 66

The east had the fewest games as most like take place tomorrow. Villanova destroyed Lafayette as expected while NC State needed a last second tip-in that won the game for them with 0.1 seconds left.

Round of 32: #1 Villanova vs NC State

Mar 19, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; The Villanova Wildcats players celebrate after defeating the Lafayette Leopards 93-52 in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Consol Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Day 2 Schedule – all times PT

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Midwest

#5 West Virginia vs #12 Buffalo (11:10 am), #4 Maryland vs #13 Valparaiso (1:40 am), #7 Wichita State vs #10 Indiana (11:45 am), #2 Kansas vs #15 New Mexico State (9:15 am)

West

#1 Wisconsin vs #16 Coastal Carolina (6:20 pm), #8 Oregon vs #9 Oklahoma State (3:50 pm),

South

#1 Duke vs #16 Robert Morris (4:10 pm), #8 San Diego State vs #9 St. John’s (6:40 pm), #7 Iowa vs #10 Davidson (4:20 pm), #2 Gonzaga vs #15 North Dakota State (6:50 pm)

East

#5 Northern Iowa vs #12 Wyoming (10:40 am), #4 Louisville vs #13 UC Irvine (1:10 pm), #6 Providence vs #11 Dayton (6:57 pm), #3 Oklahoma vs #14 Albany (4:27 pm), #7 Michigan State vs #10 Georgia vs #2 Virginia vs #15 Belmont (12:10 pm)

Hold For The Last Shot

To end, here are a few tidbits about Day 1 of the 2015 NCAA Tournament you might have missed…