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MARCH 18, 1920
NORTH FLORIDA SHOCKS OKLAHOMA A&M IN NCAA TOURNEY
There was just one major upset in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament but it was a huge shock as number 15 North Florida knocked off 2nd seeded Oklahoma A&M in the East Region. Everything else went pretty well according to script.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
EAST REGION
#1 Kentucky 68 #16 Chicago State 57
#9 Penn State 70 #8 Illinois 68
#5 St John's 81 #12 California 65
#4 USC 84 #13 Jackson State 57
#15 North Florida 81 #2 Oklahoma A&M 75
#10 VMI 70 #7 Colorado State 58
#6 Virgina 73 #11 Harvard 63
#3 TCU 69 #14 Nicholls State 56
MIDWEST REGION
#1 North Carolina 79 #16 Quinnipaic 56
#8 Wisconsin 72 #9 Mississippi 61
#5 UCLA 80 #12 Murray State 56
#4 Georgia 72 #13 Kent State 62
#2 Kansas 91 #16 Stony Brook 75
#10 Duke 70 #7 Michigan 56
#11 New Mexico State 79 #6 South Carolina 75
#3 San Francisco 71 #14 UConn 60
SOUTH REGION
#1 Alabama 74 #16 Alabama State 46
#9 Iowa 79 #8 Bradley 68
#5 LSU 74 #12 Long Island 52
#4 Maryland 71 #13 Seton Hall 53
#2 New York Univ 79 #15 Nevada 57
#10 Kansas State 67 #7 Davidson 56
#6 Texas 77 #11 Penn 55
#3 Tennessee 64 #14 Coppin State 50
WEST REGION
#1 Yale 76 #16 Liberty 55
#9 Oklahoma 66 #8 Santa Clara 64
#5 Hardin Simmons 62 #12 Houston 37
#4 Princeton 83 #13 Chattanooga 55
#2 Holy Cross 91 #15 Evansville 60
#7 Indiana 66 #10 Texas A&M 64
#6 Minnesota 70 #11 Vanderbilt 56
#3 Cincinnati 65 #14 Long Beach State 54
MARCH 20, 1920
NCAA TOURNAMENT RECAP - SECOND ROUND
EAST REGION
Three of the top 4 seeds in the East Region qualified for the Sweet 16. The Cinderella of the region is 10th seed VMI which followed up a first round win over Colorado State with an easy 75-65 victory over North Florida. UNF, a 15 seed, pulled off the shocker of the tournament with a win over 2 seed Oklahoma A&M in the opening round.
VMI will face 3rd seed Texas Christian next week after TCU beat Virginia 66-50. The other regional semi-final pits top seed Kentucky against #4 USC. Kentucky hammered Penn State 67-30 while the Trojans beat St John's 68-63 to advance.
MIDWEST REGION
Really no surprises in the Midwest as #4 seed Georgia was the only favourite not to make the Sweet 16. The Bulldogs lost 63-59 in overtime to 5th seed UCLA. UCLA will face the unbeaten North Carolina Tar Heels next week. Carolina beat 8th seeded Wisconsin 66-55. The other side of the bracket pits #2 Kansas against #3 San Francisco. The Jayhawks topped Duke 76-59 while the Dons beat New Mexico State 76-68.
SOUTH REGION
#6 Texas was the only upset minded team in the South as the Longhorns beat 3rd seed Tennessee 88-81 yesterday. Texas will meet #2 New York University after NYU dumped Kansas State 80-63. The other side of the bracket will have #1 Alabama facing 4th seeded Maryland. Bama beat Iowa 72-66 while Maryland trimmed LSU 69-67.
WEST REGION
#1 seed Yale was the only one of the top 4 seeds to advance to the Sweet 16 from the West Region. The Bulldogs beat Oklahoma 74-50 and will face 5th seeded Hardin Simmons next week. Hardin Simmons upended 4th seeded Princeton 72-62. The Big Ten conference had a strong day as 7th seeded Indiana surprised #2 Holy Cross 76-71 while 6th seed Minnesota knocked off #3 Cincinnati 71-49.
SWEET 16 PAIRINGS
Kentucky (31-4) vs USC (26-7)
VMI (24-9) vs Texas Christian (29-5)
North Carolina (35-0) vs UCLA (23-10)
Kansas (31-3) vs San Francisco (26-6)
Alabama (30-4) vs Maryland (25-8)
New York Univ (28-4) vs Texas (24-8)
Yale (27-4) vs Hardin Simmons (27-7)
Indiana (21-10) vs Minnesota (24-10)
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Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles
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