{"id":99901,"date":"2025-06-15T07:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T07:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/99901\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T07:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T07:13:12","slug":"march-madness-results-takeaways-bracket-duke-shines-in-cooper-flaggs-return-on-ncaa-tournament-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/99901\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness results, takeaways, bracket: Duke shines in Cooper Flagg’s return on NCAA tournament Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NCAA tournament continued on Friday, but March Madness<\/a> was largely MIA as many top seeds delivered wins.<\/p>\n

Duke freshman sensation Cooper Flagg<\/a> made his NCAA tournament<\/a> debut after missing a couple of games with an ankle injury, scoring 14 points with 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks in a win<\/a>. Florida, Kentucky, Arizona and Maryland all rolled to easy wins. Two-time defending champion UConn also held its own against Oklahoma<\/a> to advance to a second-round showdown with the Gators.<\/p>\n

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Since many favorites came out on top, the day was light on the tournament upsets<\/a>. Colorado State became the second No. 12 seed to advance to the second round, but the Rams were favored to beat No. 5 Memphis due to poor seeding and injuries to key players.<\/p>\n

Here’s how Friday’s schedule<\/a> played out:<\/p>\n

No. 9 Baylor 75, No. 8 Mississippi State 72<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 2 Alabama 90, No. 15 Robert Morris 81<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 3 Iowa State 82, No. 14 Lipscomb 55<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 12 Colorado State 78, No. 5 Memphis 70<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 1 Duke 93, No. 16 Mount St. Mary\u2019s 49<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 7 Saint Mary\u2019s 59, No. 10 Vanderbilt 56<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 6 Ole Miss 71, No. 11 North Carolina 64<\/a><\/p>\n

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No. 4 Maryland 81, No. 13 Grand Canyon 49<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 1 Florida 95, No. 16 Norfolk State 69<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 3 Kentucky 76, No. 14 Troy 57<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 7 Marquette 75, No. 10 New Mexico 66<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 4 Arizona 93, No. 13 Akron 65<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 8 UConn 67 No. 9 Oklahoma 59<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 6 Illinois 86 No. 11 Xavier 73<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 2 Michigan State 87, No. 15 Bryant 62<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 5 Oregon 81, No. 12 Liberty 52<\/a><\/p>\n

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