South Region

NEVADA 75, CINCINNATI 73 » Josh Hall converted an offensive rebound for the tiebreaking basket with 9.1 seconds left as Nevada erased a 22-point deficit in the final 11 minutes of a stunning victory over Cincinnati.

Nevada’s stirring comeback — the second-largest in tournament history — came just two days after the seventh-seeded Wolf Pack rallied from 14 points down to beat Texas 87-83 for its first NCAA victory since 2007.

The Wolf Pack (28-7) move on to an all-upstart South Region semifinal matchup with 11th-seeded Loyola-Chicago (30-5) on Thursday night.

Cincinnati, the No. 2 seed, never trailed until Hall’s tiebreaking basket but watched its lead disintegrate as it failed to make a basket in the final 5:45. KANSAS STATE 50, UMBC 43 » The party’s over for UMBC.

The team that made history for being the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament lost to ninthseeded Kansas State 50-43.

Xavier Sneed had a couple big buckets late to help the Wildcats hold on for the win and move on to the Sweet 16. Barry Brown scores 18 points and Makol Mawien had 11.

UMBC will still remember this tournament for a while following its stunning 20-point win over No. 1 overall Virginia in the first round. It was the first time in tournament history that a No. 16 seed had knocked off a top seed.