Source: philadelphia.cbslocal.com - Monday, March 23, 2015
By Andrew Kahn Nothing beats the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament and this year was especially incredible. From improbable upsets to last-second heroics—and sometimes both in the same game—the 2015 Tourney got off to a roaring start. 1. Madness Magnified Thursday was the wildest—and in many ways, the best—day in NCAA Tournament history. There were five games decided by one point, the most ever for a single day of the Tournament. Notre Dame survived Northeastern on Thursday’s first game, setting the tone for the historic day. Fourteen seeds UAB and Georgia State scored one-point wins (more on that below), UCLA beat SMU by one thanks to a goal-tending violation on a three-point shot, Cincinnati tied Purdue at the buzzer and then won by one in regulation, and North Carolina State beat LSU by one at the buzzer. Harvard had two cracks at a three that would have upset North Carolina, but missed both, and Ohio State outlasted VCU in overtime. 2. Two 14 Seeds Win No 12 or 13 seeds won, but two 14s did. In consecutive games on Thursday’s schedule, UAB beat Iowa State 60-59 and Georgia State took down Iowa State 57-56. UAB finished tied for fourth in Conference USA but won the league tournament to earn an automatic bid to the Big Dance. William Lee hit a jumper from the elbow to give the Blazers a lead with 26 seconds left, blocked a shot on the next possession and then hit two free throws. Iowa State’s Naz Long got a good look at a
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By Andrew Kahn Nothing beats the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament and this year was especially incredible. From improbable upsets to last-second heroics—and sometimes both in the same game—the 2015 Tourney got off to a roaring start. 1. Madness Magnified Thursday was the wildest—and in many ways, the best—day in NCAA Tournament history. There were five games decided by one point, the most ever for a single day of the Tournament. Notre Dame survived Northeastern on Thursday’s first game, setting the tone for the historic day. Fourteen seeds UAB and Georgia State scored one-point wins (more on that below), UCLA beat SMU by one thanks to a goal-tending violation on a three-point shot, Cincinnati tied Purdue at the buzzer and then won by one in regulation, and North Carolina State beat LSU by one at the buzzer. Harvard had two cracks at a three that would have upset North Carolina, but missed both, and Ohio State outlasted VCU in overtime. 2. Two 14 Seeds Win No 12 or 13 seeds won, but two 14s did. In consecutive games on Thursday’s schedule, UAB beat Iowa State 60-59 and Georgia State took down Iowa State 57-56. UAB finished tied for fourth in Conference USA but won the league tournament to earn an automatic bid to the Big Dance. William Lee hit a jumper from the elbow to give the Blazers a lead with 26 seconds left, blocked a shot on the next possession and then hit two free throws. Iowa State’s Naz Long got a good look at a
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