MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP OPENERS… A pair of major upsets in the South Region highlighted yesterday’s first-round openers in the NCAA men’s college basketball championship. 15th-seeded Princeton stunned second-seeded Arizona 59-55 in the South Region, while 13th-seeded Furman knocked off fourth-seeded Virginia 68-67. In other scores:
No. 8 Maryland 67, No. 9 West Virginia 65 in the South Region…
No. 7 Missouri 76, No. 10 Utah State 65 in the South Region…
No. 1 Kansas 96, No. 16 Howard 68 in the West Region…
No. 1 Alabama 96, No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 75 in the South Region…
No. 5 San Diego State 63, No. 12 Charleston 57 in the South Region…
No. 8 Arkansas 73, No. 9 Illinois 63 in the West Region…
No. 9 Auburn 83, No. 8 Iowa 75 in the Midwest Region…
No. 5 Duke 74, No. 12 Oral Roberts 51 in the East Region…
No. 2 Texas 81, No. 15 Colgate 61 in the Midwest Region…
No. 7 Northwestern 75, No. 10 Boise State 67 in the West Region…
No. 1 Houston 63, No. 16 Northern Kentucky 52 in the Midwest Region…
No. 4 Tennessee 58, No. 13 Louisiana 55 in the East Region…
No. 10 Penn State 76, No. 7 Texas A&M 59 in the Midwest Region…
No. 2 UCLA 86, No. 15 North Carolina-Asheville 53 in the West Region