Opening day of the 2026 NCAA men’s basketball tournament set a high bar.
11-seeded VCU Rams And 12-seeded High Point Panthers Delivered the first upset of March Madness. AJ DiBantsa Scored the most points (35) by a freshman in his NCAA Tournament debut in BYU’s loss to Texas. And Michigan, Illinois and St. Louis experienced high-point rainfall, with precipitation exceeding the 100-point mark on Thursday.
The action didn’t slow down on Friday as games got underway and still tipped (all times Eastern):
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(16) Prairie View A&M vs. (1) Florida: 9:25 pm
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(13) California Baptist vs. (4) Kansas: 9:45 pm
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(15) Furman vs. (2) UConn: 10 pm
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(10) Missouri vs. (7) Miami: 10:10 pm
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