Right out of the gate, March Madness 2024 started out with an upset, and after that, game-after-game, brackets everywhere busted. Here’s a rundown of the lower-seeded teams that were able to take down their higher-seeded competition yesterday.
- (9) Michigan State 69 – (8) Mississippi State 51
- (11) Duquesne 71 – (6) BYU 67
- (11) Oregon 87 – (6) South Carolina 73
- (14) Oakland 80 – (3) Kentucky 76
- (11) NC State 80 – (6) Texas Tech 67
After the first game of the day only 57% of the Brackets were still perfect and after game 2, which saw BYU get upset by Duquesne. Only 15% of brackets remained perfect. BYU and Kentucky were the big bracket busters yesterday, as most brackets had one or both winning multiple games in the tournament and Kentucky was a "sexy" pick to go to the Final Four.
But the Gambling is the biggest part, being able to say "I had Oakland, Moneyline" is the biggest flex you can send in your group chat.
Here's some picks for the Friday slate so maybe you can tell your friends, pshh how'd you not see that coming!
The second day of first-round NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament action tips off today at 12:15 pm ET.
- (9) Northwestern vs (8) Florida Atlantic – Northwestern (+3.5) pulls the upset
- (14) Colgate vs (3) Baylor – Baylor wins, and covers
- (12) UAB vs (5) San Diego State – SDSU (-7) wins, but doesn’t cover
- (15) Western Kentucky vs (2) Marquette – Marquette (-14) wins, and covers
- (16) Stetson vs (1) UConn – UConn (-26.5) wins, and covers
- (11) New Mexico vs (6) Clemson – New Mexico (-2.5) wins, and covers
- (13) Yale vs (4) Auburn) – Auburn (-13) wins, and covers
- (10) Colorado vs (7) Florida – Colorado (+1) pulls the upset
- (9) Texas A&M vs (8) Nebraska – Texas A&M (+1.5) pulls the upset
- (13) Vermont vs (4) Duke – Duke (-11.5) wins, and covers
- (16) Grambling vs (1) Purdue – Purdue (-26.5) wins, but doesn’t cover
- (13) Charleston vs (4) Alabama – Alabama (-9.5) wins, and covers
- (16) Longwood vs (1) Houston – Houston (-24.5) wins, and covers
- (12) James Madison vs (5) Wisconsin – James Madison (+5.5) pulls the upset
- (9) TCU vs (8) Utah State – Utah State (+3) pulls the upset
- (12) Grand Canyon vs (5) Saint Mary’s – Saint Mary’s (-5.5) wins, but doesn’t cover