March Madness, Saturday edition: A look ahead, Friday's action, news, scores/schedules

March Madness, Saturday edition: A look ahead, Friday's action, news, scores/schedules

Tournament scores/schedules

NCAA Women
NCAA Men

Men’s NIT
Women’s NIT

NCAA Tournament/Women

Friday’s action

Lee’s 19 points pace No. 1-seed Texas in win over Missouri State

Beers’ 18 points, 10 rebounds power No. 4 seed Oklahoma in rout of Idaho

No. 7 NC State tops No. 10 Tennessee, Lady Vols lose 8 in a row for 1st time in NCAA era

Fiso and Oregon use big 3rd quarter to open March Madness with win over Virginia Tech

Lattimore leads balanced attack as Mississippi downs Gonzaga

Baylor rallies to beat Nebraska after winning appeal on flagrant foul

Fournier scores 24, Duke beats Charleston

Michigan State rallies for win over big underdog Colorado State

Minnesota sidesteps a major March Madness upset by surging past No. 13 seed Green Bay

Johnson and Williams pace LSU past Jacksonville 

No. 2 Michigan routs Holy Cross

Washington beats South Dakota State for 1st Tournament win since 2017

Walker scores 20 points to lead Maryland past Murray State

Sacramento 4 roundup

Fort Worth 3 roundup 

The Tournament

March Madness crosses paths with family time for High Point coaches with mom off to work

Ohio State will try to end 2 years of women’s March Madness home-court heartbreak

Iowa back in a familiar spot — at home for the NCAA women’s March Madness

Hearing loss hasn’t kept Hardaway from leading UTSA to March Madness showdown with No. 1 UConn

UConn’s El Alfy and Quinonez among star international players set to hit the court in March Madness

South Carolina’s Johnson seeking fifth straight trip to Final Four as she starts NCAA Tournament

West Virginia women look to make the most of a rare chance to host March Madness

‘Mother Bruin’ brings support as the UCLA women open March Madness

NCAA Tournament/Men

Friday’s action

Florida begins title defense with 59-point rout of Prairie View, 2nd-biggest margin in NCAA tourney

Reed Jr. has 31 points and 27 rebounds as No. 2 UConn holds off Furman

UCLA overcomes broken tooth and stubborn UCF 

Stirtz weathers cold shooting to score 16 and help Iowa beat Clemson

Gillespie shines with 29 points as No. 3 seed Tennessee beats Miami (Ohio) 

Philon scores 29 points, Alabama wipes out early deficit to oust Hofstra

Top-seeded Arizona rolls past Long Island in impressive opener

Petty scores 24 as Texas Tech beats Akron 

Oweh’s buzzer-beater saves Kentucky in overtime win over Santa Clara

Purdue’s Smith sets Division I career assists record in rout of Queens

Reneau scores 24 as Miami pulls away from Missouri late

Peterson scores 28 points as Kansas hangs on to beat March Madness newcomer Cal Baptist

White scores 26 and No. 3 seed Virginia avoids early March exit, beating Wright State

Iowa State loses star F Jefferson to an injury in first-round NCAA blowout of Tennessee State

Ejiofor leads streaking St. John’s past Northern Iowa

Collins scores 20 points to lead Utah State over Villanova 

The Tournament

Number of perfect March Madness brackets dwindles to a precious few in Day 2

From a campus steakhouse to a mock airplane cabin for students, High Point is no ordinary Cinderella

Notes

Siena played fearlessly against Duke. It was enough to flirt with an all-time March Madness upset

Notes

Johnston hadn’t made a 2-pointer all season. His layup gave High Point a March Madness win

UNC's Davis: Fatigue not to blame for collapse

Duke looks to refocus after surviving Siena scare

Vanderbilt braces for a ‘road game’ in NCAA Tournament as Nebraska fans flood Oklahoma City

North Carolina blows a huge lead and makes another early March Madness exit under Davis