● Bracket busters: BYU lost to Duquesne, Michigan State triumphed over Mississippi State and Oakland’s Jack Gohlke pushed his team to victory over Kentucky.
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Samford was a popular upset pick against injury-plagued Kansas.
The 13th-seeded Bulldogs nearly pulled it off, coming within seconds — and an apparently errant foul call — of potentially knocking off the Jayhawks.
Samford trailed 90-89 with about 15 seconds left when A.J. Staton-McCray was called for a foul as Kansas’ Nick Timberlake went up for a dunk. Replays showed Staton-McCray somehow got all ball for what should have been called a block. The play wasn’t reviewable.
Timberlake hit both free throws, the Bulldogs missed a hurried 3 and the Jayhawks moved on to face No. 5 seed Gonzaga in the second round
The conference opened its last NCAA Tournament before breaking apart by starting 4-0, capped by Washington State’s 66-61 win over Drake.
The Pac-12 as we know it will be no more with 10 of its 12 teams leaving for new conferences next season.
Colorado kicked off the league’s stellar start before its demise with a 60-53 win over Boise State in the First Four. Arizona followed with an 85-65 rollover of Long Beach State in the first full day of the bracket.
No. 11 seed Oregon was next, joining four other double-digit seeds in advancing with an 87-73 win over No. 6 South Carolina.
