South Regional

(12) OREGON 72 (5) WISCONSIN 54

Payton Pritchard scored 19 points, Kenny Wooten protected the rim with four blocks, and the Ducks extended their surprising March run by beating the Badgers in the first round at San Jose, Calif.

Oregon (24-12) won four games in four days to win the Pac-12 tournament last week just to make the NCAAs then followed it with an impressive victory over a higher-seeded opponent. The Ducks advanced to play No. 13 seed UC Irvine on Sunday in the second round.

Ethan Happ and Khalil Iverson each scored 14 points to lead Wisconsin (23-11).

(13) UC IRVINE 70 (4) KANSAS ST. 64

The Anteaters got backto-back 3-pointers from Evan Leonard to spark the deciding run in an upset over the Wildcats in San Jose, Calif., for UC Irvine’s first NCAA Tournament victory.

Leonard and Max Hazzard each scored 19 points to send UC Irvine (31-5) into the second round.

One year after reaching the Elite Eight, Kansas State (25-9) had a short stay in the tournament as it missed star forward Dean Wade, who was sidelined by a foot injury.

(1) VIRGINIA 71

(16) GARDNER-WEBB 56

The No. 1-seeded Cavaliers this time avoided the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history.

Virginia rallied from 14 points down to beat the 16th-seeded Runnin’ Bulldogs in Columbia, S.C.

Virginia was the top overall seed last year but lost 74-54 to 16th-seeded UMBC. It was the first — and still the only — time in 35 years one of the top four teams in the tournament has fallen in their opening game.

The Cavaliers trailed 30-16 with 6:42 left in the first half of the South Region opener but rallied and cut the Runnin’ Bulldogs (23-12) lead to six at halftime. Virginia (30-3) then opened the second half with a 25-5 run that ended any ideas of another 1-and-done.

(9) OKLAHOMA 95 (8) MISSISSIPPI 72

Rashard Odomes and Christian James scored 20 points apiece, Kristian Doolittle had 19 points and matched a career-high with 15 rebounds, and the Sooners blitzed the Rebels with a season high in points at Columbia, S.C. Oklahoma (20-13) will face No. 1 seed Virginia on Sunday in the second round.

(2) TENNESSEE 77 (15) COLGATE 70

Admiral Schofield had 19 points, and the Volunteers held off a second-half rally by the Raiders in Columbus, Ohio. Jordan Bone had 16 for Tennessee (30-5), which will face Iowa State on Sunday.

Jordan Burns had 32 points for Colgate (24-11), which played much of the game without leading scorer Rapolas Ivanauskas because of eye problems.

(10) IOWA 79 (7) CINCINNATI 72

Luka Garza scored 20 points as the Hawkeyes beat the Bearcats in Columbus, Ohio. Iowa (23-11) got its first NCAA Tournament win in four years despite what amounted to a home crowd for Cincinnati (28-7).