The first weekend of March Madness comes to a close on Sunday, making us wait three days until college basketball resumes. Fortunately, some of the games set for Sunday are shaping up to be fantastic.
March Madness schedule 2015: Sunday features entertaining slate of games
The higher seeds mostly took care of business, meaning the games on Sunday should all go down to the wire.
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After several huge upsets on Thursday, the games on Friday were much more predictable. Two No. 3 seeds fell on the opening day, but No. 3 Oklahoma fended off No. 14 Albany for a 69-60 win. The only real surprise on Friday was No. 11 Dayton topping No. 6 Providence, and that upset sets the Flyers up for a Sunday matchup against the Sooners in which they hope to become one of the Cinderellas of this tournament.
Both of the late games are No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchups, which should also prove to be fascinating. Both No. 4 Maryland and No. 4 Louisville squeaked by in their first games by a combined five points, and they know they’ll have to play better to keeping dancing into next week. Maryland’s opponent, No. 5 West Virginia, also barely survived. A huge Tarik Phillip three-pointer with 28 seconds to go led the Mountaineers to a decisive 68-62 win, but head coach Bob Huggins admitted he meant to make an offensive substitution for Phillip and just forgot.
The other two No. 1 seeds are also at play, with Duke facing No. 8 San Diego State and Wisconsin taking on No. 8 Oregon. Both had little trouble in their first-round matchups, with Frank Kaminsky putting up an easy 27 points for the Badgers while Quinn Cook nailed six three-pointers in Duke’s 85-56 win over Robert Morris.
Here’s the schedule for Sunday (all times p.m. and Eastern):
No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 7 Michigan State, 12:10, CBS
No. 1 Duke vs. No. 8 San Diego State, 2:40, CBS
No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 7 Wichita State, 5:15, CBS
No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Dayton, 6:10, TNT
No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 7 Iowa, 7:10, TBS
No. 1 Wisconsin vs. No. 8 Oregon, 7:45, truTV
No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 5 West Virginia, 8:40, TNT
No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 5 Northern Iowa, 9:40, TBS
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