March is filled with some of the best sporting events but one of the biggest is March Madness. March Madness is a college basketball tournament where 68 of the best college basketball teams play head to head to reward the best college basketball program.
The round of 68 started off with one of the best games when Ohio State (OSU) played TCU in the first ten minutes of the game. Both teams were pretty even but then TCU took a big lead where they found themselves up 15 to end the half. But to start the second half Ohio State had a big momentum shift after Amare Bynum had a crazy dunk and Ohio State mounted a comeback.
But after all of the madness OSU found themselves down two with little time remaining and with possession and as the time ran out Ohio State guard Bruce Thornton missed a halfcourt heave to lose the game and have TCU
advance.
The next game was a game between No. 5 Wisconsin and No. 12 High Point. The game started off bad for high point and they were down early down ten. Wisconsin had control of the game the entire game with High Point not able to find a rhythm but they were able to keep it close.
With four minutes left Wisconsin was up five and the High Point needed a hero if they wanted to win the game. Their prayers were answered as a guard for High Point,Chase Johnston hit a three from the logo followed by three more three-point baskets.With 11 seconds left, High Point got the ball down one and on a fast break down Johnston made the go ahead layup which was later confirmed his first two-point basket of the year and High Point got the upset win.
Another game was a game between University North Carolina (UNC) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) where UNC looked like they had the game in their hands up 19 points. But VCU never gave up and mounted a comeback to tie the game at the end of regulation. This one was one of the weirder over times as both VCU and UNC could not hit a shot but VCU squeaked out the win since UNC did not make a field goal all overtime.
To kick off the 2nd round Nebraska played Vanderbilt and at the end of the half Nebraska was up 39-32. But as the 2nd half progressed, Vanderbilt locked in and made it close thanks to Tyler Tanner. With around two minutes left in the game no team could miss and after Nebraska with six seconds left took a two point lead Tyler Tanner had a chance to win the game with a last second half court three but the ball rimmed out and Vanderbilt lost.
The next second round game is Iowa versus the No. 1 seeded Florida Gators. Florida did not look good this game; they could not make their threes as they went 6-19 on three pointers. Iowa took advantage of it and built a comfortable lead then and at the end of the game Florida was up two then lowa hit a corner three to take a one point lead and with Florida not scoring to end the game Iowa had the biggest upset of the tournament.
The last game was st.johns vs Kansas, St.Johns looked like they had the game over but Kansas started coming back and it was tied up, at the buzzer St. Johns made a last second layup to win the game and send them into the next round. Moving ahead to the Elite Eight Duke played Uconn and for most of the game duke was dominating and uconn didn’t look like themselves.
