Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

NCAA WRAPUP

WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM FRIDAY IN THE THE NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IN AND AROUND INDIANAPOL­IS.

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■ SOUTH REGION

Baylor 79 Hartford 55

MaCio Teague scored 22 points and the top-seeded Bears (232) shook off a slow start to roll past the 16th-seeded Hawks (15-9) from the America East Conference. The Hawks looked like they belonged to start the game before Baylor’s talent took over.

Arkansas 85 Colgate 68 Justin Smith had 29 points and 13 rebounds, and third-seeded Arkansas shut down high-scoring Colgate. The 14th-seeded Raiders (14-2) opened with a slew of 3-pointers and a 162 run to go up 14 before the Razorbacks (23-6) went on a 19-0 run. Wisconsin 85 North Carolina 62

Roy Williams lost his first opening-round game in 30 tries as ninth-seeded Wisconsin blew out his eighth-seeded Tar Heels (18-11). Brad Davison scored 29 points for the Badgers (1812) , who negated North Carolina’s size advantage by draining 13 of 27 3-pointers. Oral Roberts 75 Ohio State 72

The Golden Eagles (17-10), the 15th seed from the Summit League, pulled off the first major upset of the tournament, holding off the second-seeded Buckeyes (21-10) in overtime. Forward Kevin Obanor scored seven of Oral Roberts’ 11 points in overtime. Texas Tech 65 Utah State 53 Mac McClung scored 16 points in his first career NCAA tournament game and Kyler Edwards added 12 to help the sixthseede­d Red Raiders (18-10) pull away from the 11th-seeded Aggies (20-9). Texas Tech is trying for its third consecutiv­e Sweet 16 appearance.

Florida 75 Virginia Tech 70 Colin Castleton scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Tre Mann hit a 3-pointer with 23 seconds left in overtime and the seventh-seeded Gators (159) held off No. 10 seed Virginia Tech (15-7). Nahiem Alleyne led the Hokies with 30 points, but had just 2 points in overtime.

North Texas 78 Purdue 69 Javion Hamlet scored 24 points and Thomas Bell had 16, along with some game-changing defense in overtime, to lift the 13th-seeded Mean Green (189) past No. 4 Purdue (18-10). North Texas won the first tournament game in the history of the program. Villanova

Winthrop late Of this one, CBS commentato­r Seth Davis said when the pairing was announced: “Classic 12-5 upset! Winthrop is gonna win that game!” For the record: Villanova was favored by 61⁄ points and no Jay Wright team has lost in the first round since 2013.

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