KCrim March Madness

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This is great, pdub, thanks!

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4 Maryland 91 v 13 Akron 68
Maryland gets to the free throw line 25 times and Jalen Smith has 24 points, 20 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Anthony Cowan 22 points, 8 assists.

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2 Florida State 69 v 15 ND State 51
The ACC champs struggle for much of the game as the Bison keep it within single digits until an 8-0 run with 5 minutes left. Both teams shoot under 35% from the field.
Devin Vassel 18 points.

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8 Marquette 67 v 9 Illinois 58
Marquette holds on after a late run by the Illini who get within 5 after being down 17. Markus Howard scores the Eagles last 6 points.
Markus Howard 21 points.

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4 Michigan 78 v 13 Liberty 66
Not a lot of huge upsets on the first day as Michigan keep a comfortable distance from Liberty.
Franz Wagner 17 points, 10 rebounds.
Eli Brooks 13 points - 4-5 3FG.

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And that wraps up day 1 of round 1 of KCrim madness.

( of note, again, these will be released during 'work hours' closer to 10 AM to 5 PM instead of 11 AM to 11 PM )

Tomorrow:
Top half Midwest
Top half East
Bottom half West
Bottom half South

https://www.kansascrimson.com/kmadness/crimmadness.html

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6 Ohio St 73 v 11 ETSU 59
The good news for Ohio State, ETSU never challenged after halftime, the bad news, leading scorer Kaleb Wesson went down late with an ankle injury and didn't return.
Duane Washington Jr 15 points, 4 assists.
Kaleb Wesson 14 points, 13 rebounds.

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1 Dayton 64 v 16 Winthrop 65
They don't call it madness for nothin. Two years removed from the last 1 v 16 upset, the Dayton Flyers are stunned by Josh Ferguson's Eagles.
Obi Tobbin can't find a rhythm as he finishes with 11 points on 12 field goals and misses a potential game winner with 3 seconds remaining.
Josh Ferguson 19 points.

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1 Dayton 64 v 16 Winthrop 65
They don't call it madness for nothin. Two years removed from the last 1 v 16 upset, the Dayton Flyers are stunned by Josh Ferguson's Eagles.
Obi Tobbin can't find a rhythm as he finishes with 11 points on 12 field goals and misses a potential game winner with 3 seconds remaining.
Josh Ferguson 19 points.

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5 BYU 79 v 12 SFA 77
One star misses a game winner and another sinks his as Yoeli Childs hits a turnaround at the buzzer to stave off the upset.
TJ Haws 23 points, 4 assists.
Yoeli Childs 22 points, 8 rebounds.

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3 Oregon 85 v 14 Bradley 57
Should Bradley have even gotten an invite? Their auto berth is for naught as Oregon shoots 50% from 3, 55% from the field and 86% from the line.
Payton Pritchard has a tournament high 33 points, 5 assists, 6 rebounds with 5 3's and 10 free throws.

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5 Wisconsin 63 v 12 Texas 61
Shaka Smart almost does it but Andrew Jones turns the ball over after a Wisconsin missed free throw and rebound/scramble with no timeouts.
Nate Reuvers 19 points, 9 rebounds.
D'Mitrik Trice 12 points, 6 assists.

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7 Houston 64 v 10 Utah St 60
Houston holds off a rally after being up 10 with 2 minutes left.
Sam Merrill of Utah State hits 2 3 pointers to get close but misses his last one with 30 seconds left and Dejon Jarreau sinks 2 free throws to seal it.
Nate Hinton 17 points, 5 steals.
Quentin Grimes 7 points, 4 assists, 5 rebounds, 8 turnovers.

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1 Kansas 85 v 16 Robert Morris 59
Number 1 overall makes short work of Mr. Morris, holding Robert to 33% field goal shooting and forcing 15 turnovers.
Devon Dotson lights up the scoreboard with 25 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 4 steals.
Udoka Azubuike adds 14 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks.

Marcus Garrett has 9 points and 8 assists.
Isaiah Moss goes 3-4 from 3 and finishes with 11 points.
Ochai Agbaji 8 points, 9 rebounds. David McCormack 7, 6 rebounds. Christian Braun 5 points.

Tristan Enaruna hits his only shot, a 3 pointer.
Silvio DeSousa even gets some clock and hits his first field goal in months.
Michael Jankovich gets fouled and goes to the line going 1-2.
Chris Teahan assists DeSousa's field goal.

AJ Bramah has 16 points and 12 rebounds in the loss.

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2 San Diego State 92 v 15 Colgate 77

In a battle of Jordans, the toothpaste causes some early signs of gingivitis as they go into halftime up 2 points on the Aztecs. Jordan Burns of Colgate has 20 points at half.
But Jordan Shakel shakes off some rust and has a 18 point second half and the Aztecs pull away comfortably.

Jordan Burns ( Colgate ) 30 points, 4 steals.
Jordan Shakel 26 points.

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3 Seton Hall 80 v 14 North Texas 69
The Mean Green Eagles put up a fight, only trailing by 6 with a minute left, but Seton Hall puts the game away from the line in the lengthened out ending.
Myles Powell goes off for 27 points, 5 rebounds.

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8 Rutgers 58 v 9 Texas Tech 66
Rutgers goes ice cold from 3 shooting 3 of 18 and Texas Tech pulls off the mild upset.
Kyler Edwards 20 points.
Jahmius Ramsey 13 points.

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6 Butler 62 v 11 Yale 63
If we thought Rutgers was cold from 3, Butler freezes over, shooting 4 for 25. Yale values possession with only 5 turnovers and never trails after being tied at halftime.
Azar Swain 19 points, 5 rebounds.

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IS NO ONE EXCITED ABOUT KANSAS WINNING?!?!?!
We fucking dominated those dudes.

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Prolly be more excited if we had some game clips. Can you pull that off?