NCAA Scores 2016: Tournament Results Tracker for Saturday's 2nd-Round Bracket

If the round of 64 is when upsets happen, the round of 32 is often when the NCAA tournament begins to normalize. 

Saturday's slate features three No. 1 seeds in action, looking to secure their spot in the Sweet 16. Defending national champion Duke also looks to fight off Yale, which earned its first NCAA tournament win on Thursday against Baylor. There's also a classic rivalry renewed when Kentucky and Indiana meet. 

There is no shortage of games and storylines to keep an eye on, so this tracker will keep all of Saturday's tournament action in one easy place to digest. 

Here are the updated results from Saturday's games: 

Region	Team	Result/Approx. Start Time (ET)	Team
South	No. 11 Wichita State	57-65	No. 3 Miami
West	No. 12 Yale	64-71	No. 4 Duke
East	No. 5 Indiana	73-67	No. 4 Kentucky
Midwest	No. 12 Arkansas-Little Rock	61-78	No. 4 Iowa State
Midwest	No. 9 Butler	69-77	No. 1 Virginia
South	No. 9 Connecticut	61-73	No. 1 Kansas
Midwest	No. 11 Gonzaga	82-59	No. 3 Utah
East	No. 9 Providence	66-85	No. 1 North Carolina

This is what the updated bracket looks like as Friday's games go final:

Iowa State def. Arkansas-Little Rock, 78-61

Arkansas-Little Rock's brief stint as Cinderella in the NCAA tournament came crashing to a halt in the round of 32, as Iowa State dominated the Trojans in a 78-61 victory. 

The Cyclones only trailed for 30 seconds right out of the gate before overwhelming the Sun Belt Conference champions. 

Iowa State's Georges Niang was the game's driving force, finishing with 28 points, six rebounds and three assists. 

There's also a fun side battle going on between Niang and Oklahoma's Buddy Hield in the Big 12 record books, per ESPN Stats & Info:

Arkansas-Little Rock didn't have much to celebrate, but Roger Woods' final college game was successful on an individual level with 19 points and 10 rebounds. 

Things figure to get more difficult for Iowa State in the Sweet 16, though the Cyclones have five days to worry about that. For now, first-year head coach Steve Prohm can celebrate getting his team to the tournament's second weekend for the second time in three years. 

Indiana def. Kentucky, 73-67

Playing for the first time in four years, the Indiana Hoosiers earned their first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2013 with a 73-67 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats. 

Thomas Bryant, Yogi Ferrell and Troy Williams carried Indiana's offense, combining for 50 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists. 

ESPN's Jay Williams also wanted to give credit for the often-maligned Hoosiers head coach, Tom Crean, for how this season has turned out:

It's no secret that Hoosiers basketball requires a certain level of excellence from Indiana fans, as well as every head coach always being compared and contrasted with Bob Knight. While Crean hasn't found the brass ring, this victory does take a lot of heat off him. 

Laura Keeley of the Raleigh News & Observer also turned the clock back to perhaps the lowest moment of Crean's career in Bloomington:

On the losing side of things, Kentucky's Tyler Ulis did everything in his power to keep the Wildcats alive. He finished with a game-high 27 points on 10-of-20 shooting. Jamal Murray was the only other Kentucky player to score in double figures, going for 16 points. 

As noted by ESPN's Jeff Goodman, the Wildcats' demise this season stemmed from their inability to get help from the inside:

This was a transition season for Kentucky, coming off all the talk of an undefeated run last year that wound up ending in the Final Four and losing Karl-Anthony Towns, Trey Lyles and Devin Booker, among others, from that team.

Ulis developed into a star, Murray was excellent in his debut season and John Calipari did an excellent job coaching Kentucky through early trials and tribulations. 

Now that Crean and Indiana have exorcised certain demons, including ending a three-game losing streak to Kentucky in the tournament, its focus will be on making the Elite Eight for the first time since losing to Maryland in the title game 14 years ago.

Duke def. Yale, 71-64

After building up a 23-point halftime lead, the Duke Blue Devils held on to defeat the Yale Bulldogs 71-64 to reach the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years. 

Like Miami in Saturday's first game, Duke appeared ready to cruise in the first half. The defending champions were up 48-25 at halftime, executing perfectly on both sides of the ball, like on this pass from Brandon Ingram to Luke Kennard, via B/R: 

Duke's dominance out of the gate prompted this response from Laura Keeley of the Raleigh News & Observer:

Since this is March, as Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports will tell you on Twitter every five minutes, Yale finally woke up and made the game interesting. The Bulldogs went on a 22-6 run to start the second half that cut the deficit to seven with less than 12 minutes remaining.

Justin Sears, who had 18 points for Yale against Baylor, had one of the highlights during that run with a monster dunk, via B/R:

Yet as Duke appeared to be in trouble, Ingram and Grayson Allen stepped up in crunch time. That duo combined for 54 of the Blue Devils' 71 points, including four free throws in the final 33 seconds to seal the victory. 

Ingram's point total through the first two tournament games puts him in good company, per ESPN Stats & Info:

Things worked out well for Jahlil Okafor last year, so Ingram has to feel good about history possibly repeating itself. 

Of course, there's still a lot of basketball left to be played. Duke got away with a lot of mistakes in the win, notably giving up 20 offensive rebounds to Yale, that have to be fixed before Thursday. 

Miami def. Wichita State, 65-57

The Miami Hurricanes held off a ferocious comeback by the Wichita State Shockers to earn a 65-57 win and reach the Sweet 16 for the second time since 2013.

Miami looked as if it was going to cruise early, building a 21-point lead in the first half, as Angel Rodriguez nearly outscored Wichita State in the first half, per ESPN Stats & Info:

Wichita State, which has won a game in the tournament each of the last four years, stormed back early in the second half. The Shockers went on a 24-10 run in the first 10 minutes after the break to take a 43-42 lead. 

ESPN's Fran Fraschilla gave Wichita State a ton of credit, even in defeat, for the way it battled back:

It's going to get lost because the outcome wasn't in their favor, but the Shockers were battling themselves early. This was their third game since Tuesday, and it showed out of the gate when they were shooting 7.1 percent (1-of-14) as a team early in the first half. 

Even though the Hurricanes took their foot off the gas pedal after building a big lead, ESPN's Chris Fallica was impressed by how quickly they started:

Now, Miami can sit back and prepare for its next opponent in the Sweet 16 on Thursday. It will have to play a better 40 minutes of basketball to keep advancing, but there were stretches against Wichita State in which it looked like a potential Final Four bunch. 

Virginia def. Butler, 77-69

Defense is usually the Cavaliers' calling card. Trailing 25-23 at halftime against the upstart Bulldogs, Virginia stepped up its game on offense in a big way.

The Wahoos scored a season-high 54 points in the second half to force Butler to bow out. ACC Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon had a fine all-around game for Virginia, scoring 22 points with five rebounds and five assists.

CBS Sports' Seth Davis also praised the defensive job Brogdon did:

Andrew Chrabascz entered averaging only 10.2 points per contest coming in but poured in 25 points for the Bulldogs to lead all scorers. It wasn't quite enough to offset the barrage Virginia hit Butler with in the last 20 minutes—and Brogdon largely held Chrabascz in check for the second half.

Cavaliers senior Anthony Gill took control down low as well, putting in 19 points and a game-high eight rebounds.

Virginia has a tough test in the Sweet 16 when it takes on Iowa State, whose offense has been clicking on all cylinders. If anyone can stop the Cyclones, though, coach Tony Bennett's Cavaliers have as good a chance as anyone.

Kansas def. Connecticut, 73-61

The tournament's No. 1 overall seed certainly played like it. After losing in the round of 32 the past two years, Kansas played like a team intent on not letting that happen again.

Wayne Selden Jr. led the way with 22 points and had the highlight of the game with an emphatic, late dunk:

Senior forward Perry Ellis picked apart UConn's defense for 21 points on a proficient 9-of-12 shooting performance. Ellis also pulled down eight rebounds, helping the Jayhawks out-rebound the Huskies 44-24.

That margin on the glass was the exact score at halftime. Connecticut had no answers for the early offensive blitz Kansas deployed.

It has to be a bit of a relief for the Jayhawks to progress past this phase, especially since the gritty Huskies cut their massive lead to single digits in the second half. They will face the winner of a matchup between fifth-seeded Maryland and No. 13 Hawaii.

Gonzaga def. Utah, 82-59

So much for being an 11th seed. The Bulldogs played with a chip on their shoulder and outright dominated the Utes.

Gonzaga's dynamic frontcourt of Kyle Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis combined for 36 points on 15-of-22 shooting. What helped the perceived underdogs considerably was a monster performance from senior guard Eric McClellan, who led all scorers with 22.

Fran Fraschilla of ESPN noted how the Bulldogs have benefited greatly from McClellan and others stepping up their play on the perimeter:

Coach Mark Few's victorious squad shot 55.7 percent overall and sank nine of 19 three-point attempts.

ESPN Stats & Info showed how much the Zags' tournament outlook improved following Saturday's romp:

Few's Bulldogs have been a fixture in the NCAA tournament for years. It certainly looks as though the selection committee underestimated them—and there's a fair chance they will progress even further in the Big Dance.

The winner of 15th-seeded Middle Tennessee and No. 10 seed Syracuse is on tap for Gonzaga in the Sweet 16. Middle Tennessee's upset over Michigan State has gifted the Zags with a real shot at reaching the Elite Eight at the very least.

North Carolina def. Providence, 85-66

The best efforts of Friars stars Kris Dunn and Ben Bentil weren't enough to offset the firepower the Tar Heels had.

North Carolina shot 52.5 percent from the field and made 19 of 21 free throws to come out on top. Brice Johnson led five Tar Heels in double figures with 21 points to go with 10 rebounds and two blocks.

ESPN College BBall highlighted the significance of Johnson's latest solid stat line:

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Brice Johnson records 21st double-double of season, only Ben Simmons (23) has more among major-conference players. pic.twitter.com/PNXYBo99nh

— ESPN College BBall (@ESPNCBB) March 20, 2016"

A 51-point second half helped UNC pull away from a pesky Providence bunch that was pushing the East region's No. 1 seed in the first 20 minutes and only trailed 34-30 entering halftime.

Dunn was brilliant throughout and was 10-of-16 shooting, but he and Bentil didn't get enough help from their supporting cast. Only one other Friar scored more than two points, and no one was much help on the defensive end.

UNC faces another storied program in Indiana for the regional semifinals, but coach Roy Williams' squad has all the makings of a Final Four juggernaut.

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