NCAA Tournament brackets were busted early Thursday. No. 13 seed Furman beat fourth-seeded Virginia and No. 15 Princeton defeated second-seeded Arizona. The NCAA March Madness Twitter account posted that only .065% of brackets remained perfect as the first round was still being played. In ESPN’s Tournament Challenge bracket game, 18,078 perfect brackets remained. Just more than 20 million had suffered at least one loss.
Thursday, March 16
#8 Maryland 67, #9 West Virginia 65
#13 Furman 68, #4 Virginia 65
#7 Missouri 76, #10 Utah State 65
#1 Kansas 96, #16 Howard 68
#1 Alabama 96, #15 Texas A&M Corpus Christi 75
#5 San Diego State 63, #12 College of Charleston 57
#15 Princeton 59, #2 Arizona 55
#8 Arkansas 73, #9 Illinois 63
#9 Auburn 83, #8 Iowa 75
#5 Duke 74, #12 Oral Roberts 51
#2 Texas 81, #15 Colgate 61
#7 Northwestern 75, #10 Boise State 67
#1 Houston 63, #16 Northern Kentucky 52
#4 Tennessee 58, #13 Louisiana 55
#10 Penn State 76, #7 Texas A&M 59
#2 UCLA 86,#15 UNC Ashville 53