2024 MARCH MADNESS
Updated NCAA bracket 2024: March Madness Men’s D1 basketball scores and games
There were two shocks in the South regional tournament on day one, with NC State and Oakland upsetting Texas Tech and Kentucky respectively.
March Madness 2024 is officially underway and we didn’t have long to wait for our first major upset of NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. While second seeds Iowa State, Arizona and Tennessee made light work of South Dakota State, Long Beach State and Saint Peter’s respectively, the South regional tournament threw up a couple of surprises.
Only two games were played in Dallas, Texas on day one but both produced shock results. After No. 11 seed NC State had defeated sixth-ranked Texas Tech 80-67, No. 14 Oakland pulled off a memorable 80-76 win against Kentucky, seeded third.
March Madness East regional bracket - Boston, Massachusetts
East regional bracket - Boston, Massachusetts
First round
- (6) BYU 67-71 Duquesne (11)
- (3) Illinois 85-69 Morehead State (14)
- (7) Washington State 66-61 Drake (10)
- (2) Iowa State 82-65 South Dakota State (15)
- (1) UConn vs Stetson (16)
- (8) Florida Atlantic 65-77 Northwestern (9)
- (5) San Diego State 65-82 UAB (12)
- (4) Auburn vs Yale (13)
Second round
- (1) UConn/(16)Stetson vs (9) Northwestern
- (12)UAB vs (4) Auburn/(13) Yale
- (11) Duquesne vs (3) Illinois
- (7) Washington State vs (2) Iowa State
March Madness West regional bracket - Los Angeles, California
West regional bracket - Los Angeles, California
First round
- (1) North Carolina 90-62 Wagner (16)
- (8) Mississippi State 51-69 Michigan State (9)
- (7) Dayton 63-60 Nevada (10)
- (2) Arizona 85-65 Long Beach State (15)
- (5) Saint Mary's vs Grand Canyon (12)
- (4) Alabama vs College of Charleston (13)
- (6) Clemson vs New Mexico (11)
- (3) Baylor 92-67 Colgate (14)
Second round
- (1) North Carolina vs (9) Michigan State
- (5) Saint Mary's/(12) Grand Canyon vs (4) Alabama/(13) College of Charleston
- (6) Clemson/(11) New Mexico vs (3) Baylor
- (7) Dayton vs (2) Arizona
March Madness South regional bracket - Dallas, Texas
South regional bracket - Dallas, Texas
First round
- (6) Texas Tech 67-80 NC State (11)
- (3) Kentucky 76-80 Oakland (14)
- (1) Houston vs Longwood (16)
- (8) Nebraska vs Texas A&M (9)
- (5) Wisconsin vs James Madison (12)
- (4) Duke vs Vermont (13)
- (7) Florida vs. (10) Colorado
- (2) Marquette vs. (15) Western Kentucky
Second round
- (1) Houston/(16) Longwood vs (8) Nebraska/(9) Texas A&M
- (5) Wisconsin/(12) James Madison vs (4) Duke/(13) Vermont
- (11) NC State vs (14) Oakland
- (7) Florida/(10) Colorado vs (2) Marquette/(15) Western Kentucky
March Madness Midwest regional bracket - Detroit, Michigan
Midwest regional bracket - Detroit, Michigan
First round
- (5) Gonzaga 86-65 McNeese (12)
- (4) Kansas 93-89 Samford (13)
- (6) South Carolina 73-87 Oregon (11)
- (3) Creighton 73-60 Akron (14)
- (7) Texas 56-44 Colorado State (10)
- (2) Tennessee 83-49 Saint Peter’s (15)
- (1) Purdue vs Grambling (16)
- (8) Utah State vs TCU (9)
Second round
- (1) Purdue/(16) Grambling vs (8) Utah State/(9) TCU
- (5) Gonzaga vs (4) Kansas
- (11) Oregon vs (3) Creighton
- (7) Texas vs (2) Tennessee
North Carolina, the No.1 seed in the West regional tournament, had little difficulty in seeing off bottom seed Wagner.
The other top seeds, UConn, Houston and Purdue, all play their first matches on Friday (22 March). The Huskies come into this year’s tournament as defending champions having won their fifth title in 2023.