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FINAL: Northern Iowa shocks Kansas, 69-67

The Jayhawks' furious rally came up short, as Ali Farokhmanesh hit two free throws with four seconds left to knock the top-seeded Jayhawks out of the tournament.

Texas A&M beats Utah State 69-53

Texas A&M improves the Big 12's record in the tournament. The only Big 12 team that has yet lost is Texas, who lost by a single point in overtime.

Missouri stifles Booker, beats Clemson 86-78

The tenth seeded Missouri Tigers upset the seventh seeded Clemson Tigers in a third straight first round upset for Clemson.

After slow start, Pittsburgh routs Oakland 89-66

Oakland had a great first few minutes, but could not survive a resurgent Pittsburgh.

Wisconsin avoids upset, beats Wofford 53-49

Wofford hung in the game until the last minutes, but failed to deliver on the upset.

Grant, Johnson lead Purdue past Siena 72-64

The favored Boilermakers pull through a first-half slump to escape an upset.

No. 12 seed Cornell dominates Temple, 78-65

Louis Dale scored 21 points, Ryan Wittman added 20 and No. 12 seed Cornell beat fifth-seeded Temple 78-65 Friday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

Crawford scores 28 to lift Xavier over Minnesota

Jordan Crawford scored 17 of his 28 points in the second half and Xavier continued its run of NCAA tournament success with a 65-54 victory over Minnesota in the first round of the West Regional on Friday.

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West Virginia defeats Morgan St., 77-50, after slow start

West Virginia overcame a miserable shooting start to avoid another Big East flameout in the NCAA tournament.

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Game spurs KU fans’ hopes for another championship

Now that Lehigh is out of the way, you’d think Kansas fans might be ready to brace for the possible: A tough game with No. 9 seed Northern Iowa, champion of the Missouri Valley Conference, loser of four games all year.

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Jitter bugged

‘Tight early,’ Jayhawks advance

It’s a well-known fact that no top seed ever has lost to a No. 16 seed in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament.

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For KU, what’s up is down

Bill Self must be the most disciplined man on the planet to be able to resist the temptation to call a timeout every time his team goes on a double-digit run so that he can air out his players, let them know they’re terrible and tell them every person in the building agrees.

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K-State routs North Texas 82-62 in West Regional

Kansas State went over the scouting report and stretched, sat down, then stretched again. As the game before theirs ran into overtime, then a second, the Wildcats weren't sure what to do, the nervousness building with each passing minute.

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Goins helps Tennessee beat San Diego State 62-59

Melvin Goins made his fourth 3-pointer with 19 seconds left after San Diego State cut the deficit to one point, and Tennessee held off the Aztecs 62-59 on Thursday night to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament's Midwest Regional.

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Northern Iowa ends 20-year NCAA drought on late 3

With the final seconds ticking away and Northern Iowa without a timeout, the chance to break an NCAA Tournament funk came down to a bit of improvisation.

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