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Friday Was An All-Time Day Of NCAA Upsets

Friday Was An All-Time Day Of NCAA Upsets Last Friday was the most surprising day in NCAA tournament history, as there were seven upsets in the 16 games played. 

The two losses with the largest impact on the brackets were by number two seeds Duke and Missouri.  The Blue Devils were stoned by lowly Lehigh 75-70, while the Tigers were beaten by Norfolk State 86-84. A number fifteen had defeated a number two seed only four times in history before this year. 

Missouri was a trendy pick to get to the Final Four, while Duke was---well Duke.   

#13 Ohio University ousted #4 Michigan 65-60 and #12 South Florida ground up #5 Temple 58-44, in two other huge surprises.   

#11 North Carolina State outstated #6 San Diego State 79-65, with #10 Xavier shamrocking #7 Notre Dame 67-63, only hours before St. Patrick's Day. 

In addition, #9 St. Louis eliminated #8 Memphis.

As brackets were being shredded all over the country, Friday was a fabulous day of college basketball, unless you bet on all the favorites. 

 

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Bruce has traveled the world, both working for and covering a wide array of the sports world’s greatest events. Below is a sampling of the level of experience and perspective he brings to ifollosports.com.

OLYMPIC GAMES:  
Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, Los Angeles 1984, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Salt Lake City 2002, Beijing 2008     
*Editor of the Official Report of the 1984 Olympic Games

PAN AMERICAN GAMES:   
Caracas 1983, Indianapolis 1987, Havana 1991, Mar del Plata 1995, Winnipeg 1999



WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES:   
Zagreb 1987, Duisberg 1989, Sheffield 1991, Buffalo 1993, Fukuoka 1995, Sicily 1997, Palma de Mallorca 1999 

USA TRACK AND FIELD:     
World Championships (Helsinki 1983), World Junior Championships (Athens 1986), World Cup (Rome 1981), World Cup (Havana 1992), Pan American Junior Championships (Barqisimeto 1982, Orlando 1986)  Editor of USATF annual calendar project (1980-1991) and Cross Country handbook (1979-1991) 

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: 
World Baseball Classics in 2006 and 2009.

ASSOCIATED PRESS     
Correspondent covering the Los Angeles Lakers and UCLA Bruins basketball, track and field, and swimming 1977-1989
  

A California native, Bruce is a 
graduate of UCLA and resides in Venice Beach.

 

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