Sunday’s NCAA Males’s Basketball Event schedule: Sport instances and matchups

Walter Clayton Jr. and Florida ended UConn’s pursuit of a 3rd straight nationwide championship, with Clayton burying two key 3-pointers within the remaining three minutes of a scintillating 77-75 victory for the top-seeded Gators within the second spherical of the NCAA Event.

Clayton, a first-team All-America guard, completed with 23 factors. Florida, one of many favorites for this 12 months’s title, survived a robust problem from coach Dan Hurley’s Huskies, who got here in with modest expectations as a No. 8 seed however led for a lot of the second half.

Florida advances to the Candy 16 for the primary time since 2017.

Tyrese Proctor had profession highs of seven 3-pointers and 25 factors to proceed his current tear, serving to No. 1 seed Duke beat Baylor 89-66 within the second spherical of the NCAA Event.

Freshman star Cooper Flagg had 18 factors, 9 rebounds and 6 assists for the Blue Devils, the headliner within the East Area and one of many favorites to win all of it.

Proctor made 7 of 8 3-pointers — his third straight recreation with a minimum of six 3s. Freshman V.J. Edgecombe scored 16 factors for Baylor.

Koby Brea matched a profession excessive with 23 factors and Kentucky beat Illinois 84-75 on Sunday to advance past the NCAA Event’s opening weekend for the primary time since they reached the Elite Eight in 2019.

Kentucky, the No. 3 seed within the Midwest Area, faces No. 2 seed and Southeastern Convention rival Tennessee on Friday in Indianapolis.

The Wildcats have already crushed the Volunteers twice this season.

Coach Mark Pope led the Wildcats to the Candy 16 in his first season after by no means profitable a March Insanity recreation with BYU. He joins the Wildcats’ former coach, John Calipari, who’s within the Candy 16 with Arkansas.

Alabama thundered previous Saint Mary’s 80-66 within the second spherical of the NCAA Event.

The Crimson Tide reached the Candy 16 for a 3rd consecutive 12 months behind a gradual stream of alley-oop dunks that caught the Gaels flat-footed. Chris Youngblood led the second-seeded Crimson Tide with 13 factors.

Six gamers completed in double figures for Alabama, together with ahead Grant Nelson, who had 12 factors and eight rebounds after sitting out nearly all of a first-round recreation in opposition to Robert Morris on account of a knee harm.

Saint Mary’s shot simply 25% from the sector within the first half and by no means received nearer than eight factors over the ultimate 25 minutes.

Derik Queen banked in a fadeaway jumper on the buzzer, and Maryland superior to the Candy 16 in a thriller, beating Colorado State 72-71 within the second spherical of the NCAA Event.

Jalen Lake drilled a rainbow 3-pointer with 6 seconds left for No. 12 seed Colorado State, which was looking for to turn out to be the lowest-seeded group to advance to a regional semifinal on this version of March Insanity.

The Terrapins superior to face the West Area’s No. 1 seed, Florida, in San Francisco.

Queen led fourth-seeded Maryland with 17 factors, Rodney Rice scored 16 and Julian Reese had 15 as every of Maryland’s starters referred to as the “Crab 5” scored in double figures.

Sean Pedulla scored 20 factors, Jaemyn Brakefield had 19 and Mississippi beat Iowa State 91-78 to achieve the Candy 16 of the NCAA Event for simply the second time in class historical past.

Mississippi is one among seven Southeastern Convention faculties nonetheless standing, essentially the most groups any convention has despatched to the third spherical in a single season.

Ole Miss followers began chanting “SEC!” with over 5½ minutes left and the sport effectively out of attain.

Malik Dia scored 18 factors for Ole Miss, and Matthew Murrell had 15. Jaylen Murray completed with 11.

Chris Jones had 26 factors for the third-seeded Cyclones.

Joshua Jefferson scored 13 factors, and Nate Heise added 11.

Jaden Akins scored 16 factors, together with a 3-pointer that put Michigan State forward to remain, and coach Tom Izzo took the Spartans to the Candy 16 for the sixteenth time with a 71-63 victory over New Mexico.

Izzo has 58 wins within the NCAA Event, tied for fourth in a training profession. The 70-year-old Corridor of Famer has taken the Spartans to March Insanity 27 instances.

Tre Holloman added 14 factors for second-seeded Michigan State, which is able to face Mississippi in a South Area semifinal in Atlanta on Friday night time.

Nelly Junior Joseph scored 16 factors for New Mexico.

Caleb Love had 29 factors and 9 rebounds, and fourth-seeded Arizona superior to the Candy 16, surviving a ragged end to beat former Pac-12 rival Oregon 87-83 within the NCAA Event.

The Wildcats will face top-seeded Duke within the East Area semifinals in Newark, New Jersey.

Three years in the past, Love starred for North Carolina in a Ultimate 4 victory over the Blue Devils that despatched Corridor of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski into retirement.

Tobe Awaka added 12 factors and 14 rebounds for the Wildcats, who had by no means confronted the Geese within the match.

Jackson Shelstad led fifth-seeded Oregon with 25 factors and TJ Bamba had 17.