Friday was a frenzied first-round in the 2021 NCAA Tournament with six better-seeded teams falling, three games hitting overtime and a No. 15 seed topping a No. 2 seed. But Saturday, the madness machine that is March gave us a much more chalky slate of outcomes.
That was especially good news in the Pac-12, which improved to 5-0 in first-round games with UCLA, USC, Colorado and Oregon winning Saturday. The Big 12 nearly had a banner day itself with Kansas and Oklahoma winning to move the league to 6-0, but No. 3 seed Texas fell 53-52 to No. 14 seed Abilene Christian in the final game of the night.
Texas’ tumble wasn’t the only unexpected bracket development, either. Reigning national champion Virginia took a stunning loss to Ohio, Maryland thumped 7th-seeded UConn and VCU-Oregon was called off before the game…
