The McNeese Cowboys pulled the most important upset of Thursday on the 2025 males’s NCAA match. The UC San Diego Tritons almost joined them, however their game-tying on the buzzer in opposition to Michigan fell brief. March Insanity is underway, and it’s already producing thrilling motion and establishing much more thrilling matchups within the spherical of 32.
Thursday on the NCAA match noticed favorites largely maintain serve. 4 lower-seeded groups superior within the bracket, together with No. 9 seed Creighton, who began the day with a blazing offensive efficiency over No. 8 seed Louisville. McNeese bought the bracket’s 12-5 upset out of the way in which early. No. 14 seed UNC Wilmington pushed No. 3 seed Texas Tech to the brink within the final recreation of the day, however fell simply brief.
Drake was lone different double-digit seed to advance on Thursday. The Bulldogs went toe-to-toe with Missouri, and outlasted the SEC outfit behind the brilliance of star guard Bennett Stirtz.
No. 12 seed McNeese knocked off No. 5 seed Clemson for the primary NCAA match win in program historical past. Cowboys head coach Will Wade has reportedly already accepted the NC State job, however he nonetheless has some extra work to do with McNeese because it advances to face Purdue within the spherical of 32.
The day began with Creighton’s explosive offensive efficiency in opposition to Louisville. The Playing cards may need been under-seeded, however that they had no shot at stopping a Bluejays offense that scored an absurd 1.27 factors per possession. Creighton now advances to tackle Auburn, who took care of enterprise in opposition to No. 16 seed Alabama State after a sluggish begin.
Elsewhere within the bracket, Wisconsin and BYU are arrange for an exhilarating spherical of 32 match. The Badgers hammered a feisty Montana State workforce behind John Blackwell’s perimeter scoring, whereas BYU shot A-10 champ VCU out of the health club. Houston vs. Gonzaga also needs to be an excellent second spherical matchup after each groups received in blowouts of their opening video games on Thursday.
Right here’s a have a look at the up to date bracket proper now.
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Observe our males’s NCAA match schedule and scores put up for up to date outcomes on every March Insanity recreation.
Right here’s rating of each recreation to this point for Thursday on the NCAA match. We’ll replace this put up because the video games go last.
March Insanity from Thursday’s on the 2025 males’s NCAA match
No. 3 Texas Tech 82, No. 14 UNC Wilmington 72
No. 5 Michigan 68, No. 12 UC San Diego 65
No. 2 St. John’s 83, No. 15 Omaha 53
No. 6 UCLA 72, No. 10 Utah State 47
No. 11 Drake 67, No. 6 Missouri 57
No. 7 Texas A&M 80, No. 13 Yale 71
No. 10 Arkansas 79, No. 7 Kansas 72
No. 2 Tennessee 77, No. 15 Wofford 62
No. 3 Wisconsin 85, No. 14 Montana 66
No. 11 VCU 80, No. 6 BYU 71
No. 9 Creighton 89, No. 8 Louisville 75
No. 1 Auburn 83, No. 16 Alabama State 63
No. 4 Purdue 75, No. 13 Excessive Level 63
No. 1 Houston 78, No. 16 SIU Edwardsville 40
No. 12 McNeese 69, No. 5 Clemson 67
No. 8 Gonzaga 89, No. 9 Georgia 68
First 4 scores
No. 16 Alabama State 70, No. 16 St. Francis (PA) 68
No. 11 North Carolina 95, No. 11 San Diego State 68
No. 16 Mount St. Mary’s 83, No. 16 American College 72
No. 11 Xavier 86, No. 11 Texas 80
Saturday NCAA match TV instances and announcers
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