In what’s already the greatest first day in recent NCAA Tournament memory – including two overtime games in the first three results – the Murray State Racers pulled off the first major bracket-busting upset, defeating No. 4-seed Vanderbilt 66-65 in the West Region first round.
Video: Murray State Gets Their One Shining Moment
That's Murray State's Danero Thomas sinking the buzzer-beater. Expect to hear a lot more about Thomas and the Racers over the next couple of days. (One sad story you'll definitely hear: Murray State walk-on Picasso Simmons' mother was killed in a car crash earlier this week.)
But today? One shining moment, indeed.
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