Due to their ranking, Wichita State was forced to play No. 2 Kentucky in the second round. An underdog by 3.5 points, the Shockers nearly pulled off the upset, but a last-second three-pointer was blocked to give the Wildcats the victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
After the game, Kentucky coach John Calipari said, “Wichita State, they’re a good team. They got misseeded.”<\/p>\n
\nThe Kentucky and Wichita State game was just the second time in NCAA history that two 30-win programs met in the first weekend of the tournament.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nBig Mistake<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Big Ten, often considered one of the best conferences in college basketball along with the ACC, didn’t receive much respect from the Selection Committee in 2017. Following what many believed to be\u00a0a down year for the Big Ten, the conference’s top-seeded school was No. 4 Purdue.<\/p>\n
The Boilermakers topped Vermont and Iowa State to make it to the Sweet Sixteen. Along with Wisconsin and Purdue, No. 7 Michigan is still alive following wins over Oklahoma State and a big upset against No. 2 Louisville.<\/p>\n
The Wolverines beat the Cardinals 73-69 on Sunday to easily cover the three points they were given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The first weekend of March Madness is in the books, and there are now plenty of Monday morning “quarterbacks” scolding the NCAA Selection Committee. The field of 68 is down to just 16, and as is the case with any NCAA men’s championship basketball tournament, there were plenty of early-round upsets. None was more glaring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":47100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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