March Madness 2022 – The best action, moments, upsets and more from Saturday’s NCAA tournament action
March Madness is a bit calmer on Friday with the higher seeds mainly taking care of business. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Hurricane Miami and Iowa State Tornado are the only two-digit seeding teams going in NCAA Tournament 2022 on the second day of the tournament. The Auburn tiger, Villanova Wildcats and Purdue boilmeanwhile, won big, claimed.
Heading into Round 32 on Saturday, our two biggest Cinderellas will look to continue to maintain their tournament dreams. Saint Peter’s, who upset 2nd seed Kentucky in the first round, faces Murray State. The winners of two 12-5 comebacks, Richmond and New Mexico State, face Providence and Arkansas respectively.
The best game of the day might be the first. No. 1 seed Baylor, the defending national champion, faces No. 8 North Carolina. Caleb’s Love and Brady Manek each scored more than 20 points for Tar Heels in their first round trip with Marquette. According to ESPN Stats & Info., UNC is 8-5 against the No. 1 seed at the NCAA tournament. However, The Heels were 0-3 down in matches against the defending champions.
NCAA Fixtures (All Time ET)
12:10 pm: 8 North Carolina Tar Heels compared to 1 Baylor Bears
2:40 pm: 9 Creighton Bluejays compared to 1 Kansas Jayhawks
5:15 pm: 11 Michigan Wolverines compared to 3 Tennessee Volunteers
6:10 pm: twelfth Richmond Spider compared to 4 Providence Brothers and Sisters
7:10 pm: 5 Saint Mary’s Gaels vs 4 UCLA Bruins
7:45 pm: 15 Saint Peter’s Peacocks vs. 7 Murray State Racers
8:40pm: twelfth New Mexico State Aggies compared to 4 Arkansas Razorbacks
9:40 pm: 9 Memphis tiger compared to 1 Gonzaga Bulldogs
Peacocks have a fan club
Saint Peter’s has destroyed a lot of brackets with its sadness about Kentucky. It gained a following and a fan in UMBC, in 2018 it became the only one The 16th seed beat the 1st seed in the tournament.
And, when you deal with great sadness, you will be verified on Twitter.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB @PeacocksMBB pic.twitter.com/Fy1qkeYKq3
– UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 18, 2022
Cinderella lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. #StrutUp #MarchMadness
– Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 18, 2022
Always a fan of St. Peter’s
– Jack Harlow (@jackharlow) March 18, 2022
WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING!!! ️#StrutUp| #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/rrrFIGznVg
– Saint Peter’s Men’s Basketball (@PeacocksMBB) March 18, 2022
Cowboys up
While in Texas#CarolinaFamily | #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/PfAkliHsma
– Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) March 18, 2022
