March Madness 2024 Highlights: Live Tracking Top Plays for Saturday's Round 2 Results
The first round of the 2024 NCAA men's basketball tournament is officially in the books, and the second round is underway Saturday with the remaining teams vying for a Sweet 16 berth.
Much like on Day 1 of the tournament, there were several significant upsets to close out the Round of 64 on Friday, including No. 13 Yale beating No. 4 Auburn, No. 12 James Madison taking down No. 5 Wisconsin and No. 12 Grand Canyon defeating No. 5 Saint Mary's.
When play began Friday, less than 1 percent of the brackets submitted by fans remained perfect, but that number dropped to zero when No. 8 Utah State beat No. 9 TCU.
While every bracket now has a blemish, some are far from busted, given plenty of incentive to follow the Round of 32 action this weekend.
Here's a look at the top plays and highlights for every second-round game played on Saturday.
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No. 3 Creighton 86, No. 11 Oregon 73 (2OT)
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First Half
Oregon's Jackson Shelstad hits the three:
Creighton's Trey Alexander with the deep triple:
Oregon's N'Faly Dante takes the easy bucket:
Oregon trips up Creighton defender and lands the bucket:
Creighton closes out the first half with a deep three:
Second Half
Alexander hits the corner three:
Dante dunks to put Oregon ahead:
Dante muscles his way to the rack:
Oregon turns defense into offense:
Dante heating up:
Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner with the block:
Creighton with the great assist:
Oregon's Jermaine Couisnard with ice in his veins:
Ashworth and Kalkbrenner drill back-to-back threes:
Creighton's Jason Green crashes the rim:
No. 3 Illinois 89, No. 11 Duquesne 63
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First Half
Illinois' Marcus Domask gets going with the three:
Illinois' Coleman Hawkins gets his own rebound for the bucket:
Domask with the smooth assist:
Illinois' Dain Dainja comes flying in for the jam:
No. 2 Tennessee 62, No. 7 Texas 58
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First Half
Tennessee's Tobe Awaka finishes at the rim:
Texas' Jonas Aidoo with the huge block:
Tennessee's defense is locked in:
Tennessee's Dalton Knecht cruises to the rim:
Second Half
Knecht flies high for the dunk:
Texas' Brock Cunningham hits the three:
Knecht cuts in for the easy slam:
Texas keeping it close:
Texas' Dylan Disu with a huge block:
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No. 11 NC State 79, No. 14 Oakland 73 (OT)
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First Half
Oakland's Jack Gohlke gets rolling early:
NC State's Jayden Taylor hits the turnaround shot:
Gohlke hits a couple more from deep:
NC State turns defense into offense:
Oakland's Rocket Watts hits the buzzer beater:
Second Half
NC State opens up a seven point lead:
Gohlke can't stop hitting threes:
Oakland's Trey Townsend hits the game-tying bucket:
NC State's DJ Burns plays some bully ball:
Oakland's Chris Conway pulls up from deep:
Gohlke gets the triple and the foul:
NC State's Michael O'Connell nails the triple:
Gohlke can't stop hitting threes:
O'Connell is clutch:
Burns gets a couple of huge buckets for NC State:
NC State's Jayden Taylor drains the triple:
No. 2 Iowa State 67, No. 7 Washington State 56
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First Half
Washington State gets off to hot start:
Iowa State's Tamin Lipsey starts the comeback with the and-1:
Second Half
Iowa State's Keshon Gilbert gets the bucket and the foul:
Lipsey hits the fadeaway from deep:
Iowa State continues to roll from deep:
Washington State's Myles Rice hits the step-back three:
Iowa State's Tre King secures the baseline bucket:
Iowa State's Milan Momcilovic drains the deep ball:
No. 1 North Carolina 85, No. 9 Michigan State 69
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First Half
Michigan State gets off to hot start:
UNC's RJ Davis hits a huge three:
Michigan State's Tyson Walker heats up from deep:
UNC storms back with 15-0 run:
UNC snags the lead before halftime:
Second Half
Michigan State's Jaden Akins gets the and-1:
Davis lands the triple:
UNC begins to pull away:
No. 2 Arizona 78, No. 7 Dayton 68
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Arizona star guard and Pac-12 Player of the Year Caleb Love got the Wildcats off to a strong start by making a contested layup:
Dayton's Daron Holmes mesmerized the defender with a ball fake and made a tough shot for two:
Arizona forward Keshad Johnson threw down an emphatic dunk off a steal to extend the Arizona lead:
Love got it done on both ends, rejecting a Dayton layup attempt:
Arizona's KJ Lewis helped the Wildcats stay hot from three-point range:
Love continued to rain down trifectas, helping Arizona take a double-digit lead:
Dayton shifted the momentum in its favor late in the second half by getting aggressive and turning defense into offense, including a steal and slam from Enoch Cheeks:
Prior to halftime, Dayton shrunk the deficit from 10 to seven with a long three from Koby Brea:
Johnson extended the Arizona lead back to double digits with a trey early in the second half:
Cheeks blew by the defender and threw down an uncontested dunk to cut the deficit to six:
After Dayton cut the Arizona lead to four, Johnson came through for the Wildcats with a one-handed, reverse jam:
Guard Kobe Elvis got the Flyers within four again with a three-ball:
Brea brought Dayton even closer with a three from way downtown:
Elvis' three-point attempt in transition was blocked from behind:
The block may have given the Wildcats some momentum, as they extended their lead with a trifecta from Pelle Larsson and smooth layup off a spin move from Jaden Bradley:
Arizona remained in control for the remainder of the game and dribbled it out to become the first team to clinch a spot in the Sweet 16:
No. 5 Gonzaga 89, No. 4 Kansas 68
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Gonzaga came out firing, scoring the first six points of the game:
Kansas came to life and took the lead, but the Bulldogs kept it close on a reverse alley-oop from forward Anton Watson:
Dajuan Harris Jr. extended the Kansas lead with a three-pointer:
Jayhawks forward K.J. Adams Jr. finished a half-court lob with a monstrous jam:
Gonzaga guard Nolan Hickman tied the game at 24-24 with a triple:
Forward Ben Gregg gave the Zags a one-point lead with a make from downtown:
Gonzaga extended the lead off a wide-open dunk from forward Braden Huff:
After a slow start, Kansas superstar center Hunter Dickinson came to life with an easy lay in:
Harris gave Kansas the lead back by knocking down the wide-open trey with less than two minutes to play in the first half:
Kansas and Gonzaga traded baskets in the closing seconds of the first half, as Dickinson gave the Jayhawks a three-point lead with a trifecta and Gregg closed the Gonzaga deficit to one just before halftime:
While Kansas and Gonzaga traded baskets for much of the first half, the Zags dominated coming out of halftime, as a Graham Ike basket gave them a seven-point lead:
Gonzaga continued to pour it on with a Hickman triple followed by an Ike bucket as part of a 15-0 run:
Contributing to an even bigger 30-4 run in the second half was a three from Gregg:
A huge dunk by freshman guard Elmarko Jackson in the waning minutes offered a potential glimpse into Kansas' bright future, but the game was already decided in Gonzaga's favor:
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