We are through the first round of the NCAA tournament and eight teams will book a spot in the Sweet 16 on Saturday.
After 32 games across Thursday and Friday, there were a handful of upsets, plenty of blowouts and several big-time performances. Four double-digit seeds scored wins on Thursday. At least one will make the Sweet 16, right?
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No. 12 High Point, the highest seed that advanced to the second round, is back in action against No. 4 Arkansas after its last-gasp win in the Round of 64. So is No. 11 VCU, which will try to make its own Cinderella run to the second weekend in a showdown with No. 3 Illinois.
Top-seeded Duke is also back after its nervous win over No. 16 Siena in the first round on Thursday. Was that just a wakeup call, or is this Blue Devils team in trouble on Saturday against No. 9 TCU?
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Here’s the complete schedule for Saturday’s men’s second round. All times are Eastern.
March Madness schedule, results, channel guideLive49 updatesSat, March 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 2:44 PM PDT
Nick Bromberg
The culprit? Six turnovers.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM PDT
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The Duke big man quickly got on the board once he entered the game, though he was only in for a quick 3-minute burst.
TCU leads 15-14 at the under-12 timeout.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 2:33 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Both teams are off to a strong start. Duke and TCU are tied 7-7 at the first media timeout. Patrick Ngongba has entered the game for the first time just 4 minutes in.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM PDT
Nick Bromberg
Duke is happy to have its big man back as the Blue Devils look to play a lot better than they did against Siena. We’d guess that Ngongba will play 15-20 minutes given that he was using a scooter to walk from the Duke bus to the locker room before the game.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Duke had a surprisingly tough time taking out No. 16 Siena in the first round. Will the tournament’s overall No. 1 seed be more prepared today? Tip-off is just minutes away.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The Cyclones appear likely to be without their starting forward after Jefferson rolled his ankle early in the team’s first-round win on Friday.
Iowa State faces No. 7 Kentucky on Sunday.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 2:06 PM PDT
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Fears’ 16-assist game is a new program record for a single NCAA tournament game, passing Magic Johnson’s 14 in 1978, though assists were an unofficial record in those days.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Coen Carr’s 21 points and 10 rebounds leads the way for the Spartans, who led almost wire to wire while keeping the shorthanded Louisville offense at bay. MSU’s Jeremy Fears put up 12 points and 16 assists.
The Spartans advance to the Sweet 16 for the third time in the last four years.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 1:54 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The Spartans appear to be advancing here as they lead 73-62 with 1 minute to play.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 1:41 PM PDT
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Coen Carr is trying to deliver the finishing blow for the Spartans. He’s up to 19 points and 10 rebounds as MSU leads 66-56 with 4:23 to play.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The Spartans lead by the same amount they did at halftime: 5 points. They haven’t been able to pull away despite leading almost the entire game so far. Can Louisville make a late push?
Michigan State 55, Louisville 50 | 7:59 to play
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 1:23 PM PDT
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The big man is reportedly playing on a minutes restriction for the Blue Devils later today against TCU.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 1:20 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The 3s are starting to fall and these teams are going back-and-forth now. But the trend of MSU maintaining a small lead continues. Spartans up 54-47 with 10:17 to play.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The Spartans continue to struggled to take care of the ball. They’re now up to 12 turnovers today, but Louisville isn’t doing much to take advantage.
MSU leads 42-37 with 15:52 to play.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 12:59 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
We’re back in action in Buffalo and Michigan State’s Coen Carr put up a couple highlight plays right off the bat to force a Cardinals timeout. Carr is up to 11 points and MSU leads 42-33.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 12:58 PM PDT
Jeff Eisenberg
Michigan guard Nimari Burnett on Yaxel Lendeborg’s coast-to-coast poster slam from earlier on Sunday: “Dominican LeBron. It’s as simple as those two words.”
That dunk gave Michigan the momentum to pull away from ninth-seeded Saint Louis.
“At that point in the game, we were up 10 or so,” Burnett said, “but it gave us another boost to extend the lead and continue to have good defensive intensity.”
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
For the next game today, Duke vs. TCU, it appears the Blue Devils will be without big man Patrick Ngonba once again. He missed the team’s first-round game and the entire ACC tournament as well.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
The good news for MSU is the scoring is coming from everywhere. Of the nine Spartans players who have seen action so far today, 8 have scored. MSU has made 13 shots on 12 assists.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 12:44 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Louisville is making just 36% of its shots and is 4 of 18 from deep in this game, but has 9 points off 9 Michigan State turnovers. That’s a big reason this game is still close.
That and Adrian Wooley, who leads Louisville with 9 points.
Sat, March 21, 2026 at 12:35 PM PDT
Yahoo Sports Staff
Coen Carr leads MSU with 7 points and 7 rebounds while Jeremy Fears has 6 assists. The Cardinals are still in this game despite missing a ton of shots.