The opening day of the first round of the NCAA tournament shocked the Big East — three teams lost and another won in overtime, thrilled double-digit seeds — three of them won and wore out fans with three games going overtime, including BYU's 99-92 double-overtime win against Florida.

Second-seeded Villanova, which beat Robert Morris 73-70 in overtime, was the only team from the Big East, which tied its own record with eight teams in the field, to win as Georgetown, Marquette and Notre Dame all lost.

No. 14 Ohio beat Georgetown 97-83 to lead the double-digit seeds while No. 13 Murray State defeated Vanderbilt 66-65 and No. 11 Old Dominion downed Notre Dame 51-50.

The other game to go overtime was Wake Forest's 81-80 win over Texas. Last year, the entire tournament produced a total of two overtime games.

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No. 3 seed New Mexico hangs on to defeat Montana 62-57.

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Dairese Gary, who had been 6 of 6 from the free throw line, made one of two with 42.4 seconds left to give New Mexico a 60-56 lead over Montana.

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Anthony Johnson missed his first 11 shots from the field before connecting with 1:30 left to bring Montana within 57-56 of third-seeded New Mexico.

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New Mexico, which led by 14 points in the second half, led Montana 55-52 with 3 minutes to play. Montana center Brian Qvale had 26 points on 12-of-15 shooting from the field and 12 rebounds.

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Ish Smith hit a 15-foot jumper with 1.3 seconds left in overtime to give Wake Forest an 81-80 victory over Texas. Gary Johnson of Texas missed two free throws with 10 seconds to play.

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J'Covan Brown made two free throws 21 seconds after missing two to give Texas an 80-76 lead. Ari Stewart of Wake Forest hit a 3 with 15.9 seconds left in overtime to make it a one-point game.

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J'Covan Brown, a 90 percent free throw shooter, missed two at the line with 49 seconds left in overtime that could have given Texas a four-point lead. Texas' Damion James fouled out with 35.4 seconds left, sending Ari Stewart to the line for two free throws that pulled Wake Forest within 78-76.

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Texas scored the first six points of overtime to take a 74-68 lead over Wake Forest.

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Montana was within 48-43 of third-seeded New Mexico midway through the second half. Grizzlies star Anthony Johnson, who had 42 points in the Big Sky Conference championship game win over Weber State, was still without a field goal in nine attempts.

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Wayne Chism made two free throws with 7.4 seconds left to give Tennessee a 62-59 lead and Kawhi Leonard of San Diego State missed a 3-point attempt to tie at the buzzer.

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Damion James of Texas made one of two free throws with 9.9 seconds left to tie the game at 68 and the Longhorns and Wake Forest went to overtime.

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Melvin Goins hit his fourth 3-pointer of the game with 13.8 seconds left to give Tennessee a 60-56 lead but then fouled D.J. Gay of San Diego State when he was attempting a 3 with 9.5 seconds to go. Gay made all three free throws to cut the lead to 60-59.

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L.D. Williams of Wake Forest walked before making an inbounds pass, allowing Texas to get the ball back trailing 68-67 with 13.6 seconds left.

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C.J. Harris made one of two free throws with 30.5 seconds left to give Wake Forest a 68-67 lead and L.D. Williams of the Demon Deacons blocked Gary Johnson's shot down low to keep the lead at one.

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Freshman J'Covan Brown hit a 3-pointer with 49.3 seconds left to bring Texas into a 67-67 tie with Wake Forest.

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After a Tennessee turnover, Billy White scored down low for San Diego State to cut Tennessee's lead to 55-54 with 1:30 to play.

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Damion James missed a 3-point attempt that could have given Texas the lead and C.J. Harris came down and made one of two free throws to give Wake Forest a 65-62 lead with 2:10 left.

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Wake Forest had an enormous 46-26 rebounding advantage, and a 63-56 lead over Texas after a 3-pointer by Al-Farouq Aminu with just under 5 minutes to play.

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Ish Smith had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for Wake Forest, which held a 58-54 lead over Texas with 7 minutes to play.

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Kansas hit five straight shots from the field to take a 68-53 lead over Lehigh with 7:52 left.

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San Diego State scored eight straight points to take a 45-44 lead over Tennessee with 9½ minutes to play.

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Brady Morningstar's 3-pointer with just over 10 minutes to play gave No. 1 seed Kansas a 61-49 lead over Lehigh.

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Montana held a 29-28 halftime lead over third-seeded New Mexico despite leading scorer Anthony Johnson being held to two points — well below his 19.6 average — on 0-of-8 shooting.

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Wake Forest took a 50-40 lead over Texas 5 minutes into the second half, holding Longhorns leading scorer Damion James to five points — 13 below his average — on 1-of-7 shooting.

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Freshman Xavier Henry's one-handed dunk gave No. 1 seed Kansas a 50-39 lead over Lehigh with 14:29 to play.

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Wake Forest opened the second half with an 11-2 run for a 48-40 lead, forcing Texas to call a timeout just over 3 minutes in. Ish Smith has 11 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Wake Forest.

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New Mexico star Darington Hobson crashed hard to the court when he was fouled on a drive to the basket. He remained down for a couple of minutes and appeared to be holding his left wrist as he was helped to the bench. After a media timeout he returned to take the free throws and missed both.

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Center Brian Ovale had seven points as Montana took a 17-16 lead over third-seeded New Mexico halfway through the first half.

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Freshman Jordan Hamilton, who came into the tournament averaging 9.8 points per game, had 16 points and four rebounds as Texas overcame a horrible shooting start to take a 38-37 halftime lead over Wake Forest.

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It really shouldn't be such a shock that overall No. 1 seed Kansas struggled in taking a 35-29 halftime lead over Lehigh. The last time the Jayhawks played a team from the Patriot League in the first round they lost 64-63 to Bucknell in 2005.

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J.P. Prince had 11 points and reserve guard Melvin Goins had nine as Tennessee took a 34-26 halftime lead over San Diego State.

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Melvin Goins' 3-pointer gave Tennessee a 30-24 lead over San Diego State with 3 minutes left in the first half, the largest lead of the game for either team.

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Lehigh wasn't quite ready to give up against Kansas. The Mountain Hawks used a 9-0 run to move within 25-23 of overall No. 1 seed Jayhawks.

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Texas, which started game 3 of 17 from the field, tied Wake Forest at 27-all with 4½ minutes left in first half. Freshman Jordan Hamilton has 11 points for the Longhorns.

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Texas finally starting hitting some shots and pulled within 27-25 of Wake Forest, which led 18-7.

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Kawhi Leonard's layup after an offensive rebound gave San Diego State a 16-15 lead over Tennessee with 9 minutes left in first half.

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Looking more like the overall No. 1 seed, Kansas made five of seven shots and center Cole Aldrich had three blocks as the Jayhawks used 12-0 run to take 16-12 lead over Lehigh.

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Kansas came out its early timeout with a 7-0 run to get within 12-11 of Lehigh.

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Ari Stewart, who averages 7.3 points a game, hit two 3-pointers and Wake Forest took an 18-7 lead over Texas.

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Kansas coach Bill Self had to call the game's first timeout as the Jayhawks missed nine of their first 11 shots in falling behind No. 16 seed Lehigh 12-4.

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C.J. McCollum, the highest scoring freshman in the country with an 18.9 average, made two free throws to give Lehigh a 10-4 lead over overall No. 1 seed Kansas.

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Texas opened the game missing 11 of its first 13 shots and fell behind Wake Forest 12-6.

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Quincy Pondexter, the city of Seattle's choice for Pac-10 Player of the Year over actual winner Jerome Randle of Cal, scurries across the court to wave to the cheering crowd after his layin with 1.7 seconds left lifts the Huskies over Marquette 80-78.

Coach Lorenzo Romar follows and says "Thank you!" to the purple-clad fans.

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Quincy Pondexter connected on a driving move with 1.7 seconds left, giving Washington an 80-78 win over Marquette.

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It wasn't a good start for overall No. 1 seed Kansas which missed its first five shots and committed three turnovers in falling behind Lehigh 2-0.

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Marquette had a 76-74 lead over Washington with 3:12 to play, a comfortable spot for the Golden Eagles who led the country with 15 games decided by four points or less. They were 8-7 in those games.

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Washington's Quincy Pondexter made a layup with 6:57 to go to bring the Huskies within 66-65. Marquette led 60-45 after opening the second half on a 17-3 run.

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Marquette appeared to take control against Washington, opening the second half with a 17-3 run for a 60-45 lead, but the Huskies answered with an 11-2 run that had them within 62-56 with 10:30 to play.

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Ali Farokhmanesh hit his fifth 3-pointer of the game with 7 seconds left to give Northern Iowa a 69-66 win over UNLV.

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Eric Bledsoe's eight 3-pointers set a Kentucky NCAA tournament single-game record as the Wildcats beat East Tennessee State 100-71.

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Lazar Hayward had five points and Darius Johnson-Odom had four as Marquette opened the second half with an 11-2 run to take a 54-44 lead over Washington.

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Eric Bledsoe started 8 of 8 from 3-point range before missing his first late in the second half. He had 29 points as Kentucky led East Tennessee State 92-66 with 3:41 to go.

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Georgetown used a 10-3 run to get within 81-74, but D.J. Cooper hit a 3-pointer to stretch Ohio's lead back to 10 points with 3:40 left.

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Georgetown's Greg Monroe made a nice steal but was called for a charge at the other end, his second foul in less than a minute. He went to the bench with three fouls and the Hoyas trailing Ohio University 63-46 with just under 12 minutes left. It was Monroe's seventh turnover, one less than the Bobcats' total.

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Ali Farokhmanesh hit two 3-pointers in a 3-minute stretch, and Northern Iowa took a 53-48 lead over UNLV with 8:37 left. Chace Stanback, UNLV's second-leading scorer, took a seat with four fouls with 7:43 left.

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Top-seeded Kentucky led East Tennessee State 87-54 with 7:50 to play and the Wildcats had 11 blocked shots to none for the Buccaneers.

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Marquette led Washington 43-42 at halftime in a game that featured some impressive shooting, even ones that didn't count. The Golden Eagles shot 51.7 percent (15 of 29), including 7 of 11 from 3-point range, while Washington shot 55.6 percent (15 of 27), making 6 of 9 3s. Washington's Isaiah Thomas hit a shot from about three-quarters court but it didn't count as the whistled had sounded for a shot-clock violation against Marquette. The Huskies inbounded the ball with less than a second on the clock and Thomas' 35-footer bounced off the rim at the buzzer.

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Adam Koch, Northern Iowa's second-leading scorer, headed to bench with three fouls with 16:38 left to play and the Panthers leading UNLV 39-38.

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Marquette came into the tournament averaging 7.9 3-pointers a game and Washington was at 5.2. The teams combined for almost that many in the opening 12½ minutes of the game. Marquette was 6 of 9 from long range and held a 29-28 lead over the Huskies, who were 5 of 6.

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Matt Shaw, who scored 12 points in the first half for UNLV, replaced Brice Massamba in the starting lineup for the second half. Massamba, who appeared to be favoring his right knee after taking a charge late in the first half, was on the bench.

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Elston Turner's 3-pointer brought Washington into a 20-20 tie with Marquette midway through the first half.

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Northern Iowa, which hadn't turned the ball over more than eight times in any of its three games at the Missouri Valley Conference tournament last week, has done so nine times in the first half against UNLV.

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Ohio was 8 of 16 from 3-point range and shot 53 percent overall in taking a 48-36 halftime lead over Georgetown. The Bobcats outrebounded the Hoyas 18-16, grabbing seven on the offensive end.

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Kentucky's halftime lead of 28 points was two more than East Tennessee State scored in the opening 20 minutes. The lead briefly got to 30 when Ramon Harris' 3-pointer made it 54-24. Eric Bledsoe and Patrick Patterson both have 15 points for Kentucky. Patterson's done all his damage inside, while Bledsoe is 4 of 5 on 3s.

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DeVaughn Washington's rebound dunk over Greg Monroe gave Ohio University a 43-30 lead with 2:47 left in the first half and the Bobcats were up 48-36 at halftime.

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Tre'Von Willis hit a 3-pointer in the final minute of the first half to put UNLV up 36-35 over Northern Iowa. The Runnin' Rebels were 19-0 this season when leading at halftime.

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Kentucky took a 51-23 lead over East Tennessee State with about 2 minutes left in the first half. It was the seventh time the Wildcats broke the 50-point mark in a half this season.

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Washington star Quincy Pondexter, back in his home state of California, gives the crowd a thumbs-up just before tipoff against Marquette.

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Armon Bassett, a transfer from Indiana, had nine points as Ohio University opened a 30-20 lead over Georgetown with 6½ minutes left in first half.

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UNLV junior Matt Shaw had 12 first-half points — his career-high is only 16 — but picked up his second foul and went to the bench with 2:14 left before halftime and the game with Northern Iowa tied 33-33.

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Tommy Freeman's second 3-pointer of the game capped an 8-0 run that gave Ohio University a 25-18 lead over Georgetown with 7:59 left in first half.

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Kentucky took its first 20-point lead on Eric Bledsoe's steal and fast-break layup. Bledsoe had eight points as the Wildcats led 34-14 with 7:47 to go in the first half.

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Freshman John Wall had six points and four assists for Kentucky as top-seeded Wildcats took a 32-14 lead over East Tennessee State.

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Patrick Patterson had eight points in 13-0 run that gave Kentucky 21-10 lead and forced East Tennessee State to call a timeout. Patterson had 11 points 7 minutes into the game.

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UNLV scored eight straight points to take 20-12 lead over Northern Iowa.

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Tommy Freeman of Ohio outscored Austin Freeman of Georgetown 3-0 as the Bobcats took an early 8-2 lead over the third-seeded Hoyas.

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Eric Bledsoe, the third of Kentucky's trio of star freshmen, hits a 3 to give the Wildcats a 12-10 lead over East Tennessee State at the game's first media timeout.

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Shelvin Mack finishes strong, hitting a career-high seven 3-pointers and scoring 18 of his 25 points after halftime to lead fifth-seeded Butler to a 77-59 victory over UTEP.

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Facing Northern Iowa 7-footer Jordan Eglseder, 6-foot-10 forward Brice Massamaba reclaims starting spot in UNLV frontcourt. He has 15 starts this season, but 6-8 senior Darris Santee had been in the lineup the last seven games for the Runnin' Rebels.

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Butler's Gordon Hayward sends UTEP's Randy Culpepper to the floor in scary fall late in game but he's OK.

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Shelvin Mack was 6 of 8 from 3-point range and Butler held a 58-41 lead over UTEP with 8:14 to play. The Miners, who led 33-27 at halftime, were 2 of 12 from beyond the arc for the game.

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Shelvin Mack hit four 3-pointers in the first 6 minutes of the second half — one more than Butler had in the entire first half — and the Bulldogs opened a 47-37 lead over UTEP.

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UTEP center Derrick Caracter picked up two fouls in the first 3½ minutes of the second half giving him three for the game. Butler erased a 33-27 halftime lead with a 15-4 run to start the second half.

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Shelvin Mack made two 3-pointers and Willie Veasley added another as Butler opened the second half on a 9-1 run to take a 36-34 lead over UTEP.

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Derrick Caracter had six points in UTEP's 9-3 run to close the half and the Miners held a 33-27 lead over fifth-seeded Butler, which entered the tournament on a 20-game winning streak.

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No. 10 seed Saint Mary's defeats Richmond 80-71 to advance to play No. 2 seed Villanova in the second round.

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Butler started the game 1 of 6 from the field, then made 8 of its next 14 shots and trailed UTEP 26-24 with 3:36 left in the first half.

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Omar Samhan returned after sitting out 6 minutes after picking up his fourth foul. Saint Mary's led 70-59 with 3:14 to play.

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Matt Howard's layup capped an 8-0 run that gave Butler a 19-17 lead over UTEP with 7:10 left in the first half.

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UTEP had a 14-10 lead over Butler midway through the first half. Butler entered the tournament on a national-best 20-game winning streak.

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Denis Clemente ended any thoughts of a big comeback by North Texas, scoring eight straight points to put Kansas State ahead 77-55 with 4 minutes left.

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North Texas went on a 15-3 run to get within 69-55 of second-seeded Kansas State with 5½ minutes left. The run was enough to get Wildcats guard Jacob Pullen back in the game after he sat out for several minutes following a hard collision on the court.

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Saint Mary's goes on 6-0 run as soon as Omar Samhan leaves with his fourth foul to take a 65-50 lead over Richmond with 6:48 to play.

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Omar Samhan, who has been dominating inside against Richmond with 27 points and 11 rebounds, picked up his fourth foul with 9:13 to play and the Gaels leading 59-50.

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Kansas State guard Jacob Pullen went down hard after a collision. He limped off the court holding his left elbow and his hip seemed to be bothering him as well as he left for the locker room. The Wildcats had a 62-38 lead over North Texas.

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Omar Samhan, despite missing 6 minutes in the first half because of foul trouble, had 24 points and 12 rebounds to give Saint Mary's a 45-42 lead over Richmond with 15:10 to play. The Gaels held a 19-8 rebound advantage and had outscored the Spiders 13-2 in second-chance points.

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No. 3 seed Baylor advances, beating Sam Houston State 68-59 in New Orleans in the Bears' first NCAA tournament win since 1950.

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Baylor scored eight straight points to break the game's 14th tie and give the Bears a 63-55 lead over Sam Houston State with 1:04 to play.

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Kansas State hit its first three shots and first three free throws to open second half and give the Wildcats a 50-31 lead over North Texas.

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Omar Samhan was 7 of 10 for Saint Mary's in the first half and Mickey McConnell was 4 of 7. The rest of their teammates went 3 of 11 as the Gaels managed a 36-36 halftime tie with Richmond.

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Danero Thomas hit a 12-foot jumper at the buzzer to give Murray State a 66-65 victory over Vanderbilt, the second straight year the Commodores have been beaten in the first round as a No. 4 seed.

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Jermaine Beal made two free throws with 12.7 seconds left in regulation to give Vanderbilt a 65-64 lead over Murray State.

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Murray State turnover with 30 seconds left gave Vanderbilt the ball and the Commodores called a timeout with 21.1. seconds left, trailing 64-63.

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A.J. Ogilvy's layup with one minute to play brought fourth-seeded Vanderbilt within 64-63 of Murray State.

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Corey Almond, Sam Houston State's No. 2 scorer with a 15.9 average, had 10 points in the first 9 minutes of the second half after being held scoreless over the first 20 minutes. The Bearkats were tied at 46 with Baylor.

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Jacob Pullen scored 11 points — including three layups — in a 9-minute span and Denis Clemente hit consecutive 3-pointers late to give Kansas State a 41-25 halftime lead over North Texas, which was 5 of 24 from the field.___

B.J. Jenkins hit a 3-pointer with 2:28 left to give Murray State a 62-60 lead over Vanderbilt. He has scored 14 points, one more than John Jenkins of the Commodores.

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Omar Samhan of Saint Mary's had 17 points and seven rebounds but picked up his third foul with 6:31 left in the first half but the Gaels trailed Richmond 25-22.

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Jacob Pullen started to heat up after slow start, scoring all 11 of his points over the past 9 minutes as Kansas State took a 35-21 lead over North Texas late in the first half.

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Murray State missed seven of its first 15 free throws and was still tied 52-52 with fourth-seeded Vanderbilt.

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Omar Samhan, who came into the tournament averaging 20.2 points per game, had 16 in the first 7½ minutes and Saint Mary's trailed Richmond 24-21.

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New Orleans native Tweety Carter finally scored on a fast break layup as Baylor opened the second half with a 7-0 run for a 37-31 lead over Sam Houston State. Fellow New Orleans native Ashton Mitchell answered on the next possession with his first points, a 3 that made it 37-34 with 17:12 left in the second half.

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Kansas State outscored North Texas 18-4 in the paint in taking a 26-14 lead over the Mean Green, who used three timeouts in the game's first 13 minutes.

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North Texas within 18-13 of Kansas State midway through the first half by beating the Wildcats at their own game: seven offensive rebounds in the first 10 minutes.

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Omar Samhan had all of Saint's Mary's points — and five rebounds — as the Gaels took a 10-9 lead over Richmond.

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Vanderbilt's A.J. Ogilvy picked up his third foul with 13:33 to go and Murray State holding a 59-54 lead.

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"Come on, Vandy, we got 20 minutes left!" one player hollered as the team returned to the court after halftime.

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Sam Houston State, which came into the tournament shooting 37.8 percent from 3-point rangae, started 1 of 13 from beyond the arc and was shooting just 28 percent overall from the field. The Bearkats were in a 23-23 tie because Baylor has turned it over nine times in the opening 16½ minutes.

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Oklahoma City is about halfway between Manhattan, Kan., and Denton, Texas, but Kansas State brought a much larger contingent of fans than North Texas, filling up about three-fourths of the Ford Center.

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At the half:

No. 13 seed Murray State knocked down 4 of 8 first-half 3-pointers on the way to a 36-32 lead over fourth-seeded Vanderbilt at the break. The Commordores are trying to avoid their same fate from two years ago, when they were a first-round upset victim of Siena when also seeded fourth.

Murray State, back in the NCAAs for the first time since 2006 and trying for the school's first tournament win since 1988, also crashed the offensive glass to create second chances — getting nine offensive boards.

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Danero Thomas of Murray State had seven points, three steals and three blocks to lead the Racers to a 36-32 halftime lead over fourth-seeded Vanderbilt.

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Sam Houston State started the game 1 of 10 from 3-point range and was still within 20-18 of third-seeded Baylor.

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Scottie Reynolds' two free throws with 9.1 seconds left in overtime gave Villanova a 73-70 lead over Robert Morris. And that was enough for the win.

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With 35.5 seconds to play, Robert Morris trails 68-67 to Villanova.

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Scottie Reynolds hit his first 3-pointer in eight attempts to give Villanova a 67-61 lead over Robert Morris with about a minute to play in overtime.

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LaceDerius Dunn, Baylor's leading scorer, picked up his second foul 3:07 into the game with Sam Houston State and the Bears trailing 10-3.

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BYU outlasts Florida, wins 99-92 in double overtime.

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Villanova scores first six points of overtime to take a 64-58 lead over Robert Morris.

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Jimmer Fredette's two free throws in second overtime gives him 36 points for the game and BYU a 99-90 lead with less than a minute to play.

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Corey Fisher scores first basket of overtime to give Villanova its first lead over Robert Morris since the Wildcats led 9-8.

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Villanova was unable to convert an inbounds lob pass with less than a second play in regulation and the second-seeded Wildcats and No. 15 Robert Morris went to overtime tied at 58.

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Mouphtaou Yarou's layup brings second-seeded Villanova into a 58-58 tie with Robert Morris with less than a minute left in regulation.

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Florida freshman Kenny Boynton, who led the Gators back from 13 points down in the second half, fouled out with 27 points when he fouled BYU's Jimmer Fredette on a drive with 3:57 left in the second overtime.

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Scottie Reynolds missed 12 of his first 13 shots from the field but the senior was 12 of 12 from the free throw line, that last two bringing Villanova into a 55-55 tie with Robert Morris with 1:48 to play. It was the game's first tie since 2-2.

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Robert Morris led 55-49 over Villanova with 3:06 to play, trying to become the fifth 15 seed to win a first-round game and the first since Hampton beat Iowa State 58-57 in 2001.

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Michael Loyd Jr. kept BYU alive in overtime against Florida going 4 of 4 from the free throw line and getting a basket off a broken play. The Cougars and Gators went to a second overtime tied at 81.

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Robert Morris' Velton Jones became the first Colonial to foul out, but the 15th seed still led Villanova 55-47 with 3:57 to play.

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Florida's Chandler Parsons, who made a couple of buzzer-beaters this season, missed a jumper with 2 seconds left and the Gators and BYU were tied at 75 headed to overtime.

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Carleton Scott's 3-pointer rattled around and out, and 11th-seeded Old Dominion held off sixth-seeded Notre Dame 51-50. Trailing by three, the Fighting Irish rushed the ball up the court, but Scott's attempt to tie the game wouldn't fall, and Luke Harangody's layup at the buzzer wasn't enough. Old Dominion (27-8) was led by Frank Hassell, who scored 15 points.

Harangody scored only four points for Notre Dame (23-12) and was held scoreless until the final minute. Ben Hansbrough led the Irish with 17.

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BYU is trying to snap a seven-game losing streak in the first round dating to a 1993 win over Southern Methodist.

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BYU, the nation's top free-throw shooting team, missed its first two of the game then made 12 in a row. Jimmer Fredette is 4 of 4 and has made 37 in a row. Teammate Tyler Haws hit his only two free throws earlier in the game to break Fredette's school record of 39 straight.

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Freshman Karon Abraham made a four-point play to give Robert Morris a 42-34 lead over second-seeded Villanova with 12 minutes to play.

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Jimmer Fredette of BYU hit a 3 when Florida had closed within 63-60 but freshman Kenny Boynton answered with his fourth 3-pointer of the game to keep the Gators within one possession.

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Notre Dame led Old Dominion 43-30 with 7 minutes to play despite leading scorer Luke Harangody being held without a point.

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BYU went on a 10-0 run over 3½ minutes to take a 59-46 lead over Florida with just under 9 minutes to play.

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Scottie Reynolds of Villanova went 0 of 5 from the field and had four points in the first half against Robert Morris after not starting the game over "a minor teaching point." He hit his first shot of the second half, the time of the game he has been known to take over for the Wildcats.

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Florida had seven turnovers in first 8 minutes of second half, matching its total from the first half. The Gators trailed BYU 51-46.

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Jimmer Fredette, BYU's leading scorer and the only player to break the 40 mark twice this season, had eight points in the first half against Florida, then matched that number in the first 6 minutes of the second half as the Cougars took a 47-42 lead.

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Old Dominion opened the second half with a 9-2 run to go ahead 31-30, holding Notre Dame to 1-of-6 shooting over the first 6 minutes.

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There was some Big East synergy early in the tournament with both its teams playing in the first wave of games finishing with a halftime score of 28-22. The only problem for the conference with a record-tying eight teams in the field was that Notre Dame was leading Old Dominion by the score, but Villanova was behind Robert Morris.

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Villanova struggled to a 2-of-13 effort from 3-point range in the first half against Robert Morris with Taylor King, the one Wildcat who had struggled the most from behind the arc, making both 3s in the half. Robert Morris could have some foul trouble facing it as five players had two fouls at halftime.

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Robert Morris held Villanova to seven field goals in the first half, the second straight solid 20-minute defensive effort by the Colonials. They held Quinnipiac to six field goals in the second half of the Northeast Conference championship game.

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Villanova, which entered the tournament third in the nation in scoring at 85.2 points per game, trailed Robert Morris 24-16 with 4 minutes left in the first half after managing just one field over an 8½-minute stretch while getting outrebounded 17-5.

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Second-seeded Villanova's early 17-11 deficit to 15th-seeded Robert Morris shouldn't be a total surprise. Last year, the Wildcats, playing as a No. 3 seed, started their run to the Final Four by rallying from a 14-point deficit to beat American University 80-67.

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Michael Loyd, Jr., who came in averaging 4.4 points per game, went 4 of 4 from the field and had all the points in BYU's 10-0 run that gave the Cougars a 31-28 lead over Florida.

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Freshman Karon Abraham hit his first three 3-point attempts as Robert Morris opened a 13-9 lead over Villanova.

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Notre Dame had the first extended run of the tournament, scoring 10 straight points to take a 15-6 lead over Old Dominion.

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BYU came into the tournament leading the country in free throw shooting at 78.6 percent. Brandon Davies missed the first two the Cougars took against Florida.

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Corey Fisher, the other Villanova starter benched for the beginning of the game against Robert Morris, came in at the first media timeout with the Wildcats' leading 9-5.

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Ben Hansbrough hit a 3-pointer to give Notre Dame a 10-6 lead over Old Dominion, the first points scored in an NCAA tournament game by a member of his family since his brother Tyler Hansbrough led North Carolina to the national championship last season.

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Scottie Reynolds, Villanova's leading scorer, was in the game with just over 16 minutes left in the first half after not starting as a "minor teaching point."

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Notre Dame's Luke Harangody, who missed five games with a bruised knee, entered the game at the first media timeout. It's nice to bring a guy who averages 24.1 points per game off the bench.

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BYU freshman guard Tyler Haws, team's third-leading scorer, returns to starting lineup after missing last game with eye injury. He scored first basket of the tournament.

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NCAA March Madness has begun with BYU and Florida starting things off in Oklahoma City.

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Villanova guards Scottie Reynolds and Corey Fisher weren't in the starting lineup against Robert Morris. Coach Jay Wright said it was a "minor teaching point" and they would both play.

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Morgan State forward Anthony Anderson, who was diagnosed with leukemia after the Bears' first practice this season, may be healthy enough to travel to Buffalo for the team's first round game against West Virginia on Friday. Anderson, who has missed the entire season, is currently in a weakened state after having chemo treatment this week at John's Hopkins.