a stunner and an upset.

first the stunner.  the defending champs are out as uconn lost to iowa state 77-64.  conneticut was the 9 seed as well.   the upset was #12 vcu beat #5 witchita state 62-59.  wow already here.  so obviously we will have new champs this year.  and its only day one.

update.  minor upset has #11 colorado beat #6 UNLV 68-64.  earlier #1 syracuse survived a close one against #16 unc-ashville 72-60.  unc-ashville was actually leading for awhile.  thats it for day one.  rest of the first round games are tomorrow.

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