NCAA Tournament 2014: Dayton, 7 others punch tickets to Sweet 16

The first Saturday of the NCAA Tournament featured a two-point thriller, a big-time upset and a thrilling final minute...in one game. The rest of the day was interesting, but featured a grand total of zero games that were decided by less than seven points. I suppose they can’t all be classics. The opening 48 hours may have spoiled us just a tad.

That doesn’t mean you don’t need a recap, because you need a recap. Lord, you need a recap.

Napier was on fire for the Huskies, scoring 25 despite foul trouble and a shin injury limiting his minutes. The senior hit a flurry of threes in the second half to widen the gulf.

UConn will play the winner of Iowa State and North Carolina, who play Sunday.

Look, we don’t want to make fun of Harvard’s student announcer. Student announcers everywhere sound like student announcers, and Harvard students everywhere sound like Harvard students, so it’s no surprise Harvard’s student announcer sounds like a Harvard student announcer.

THAT SAID: We just want to take a moment to point out that in the middle of a thrilling Harvard comeback against Michigan State in the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament, TNT took a moment to play us Harvard’s student announcer, and he totally sounded like a Harvard student announcer.

There were no shortage of storylines in the second round. Whether it be quite a few of the national championship contenders – Florida, Louisville and Kansas immediately come to mind – all getting a serious test, the eight upsets or the five games that went into overtime, there was plenty to keep college hoops fans occupied with.

On Saturday, the third round will begin. With eight games on the slate, half of this year’s Sweet 16 will be determined. Here is an updated look at the bracket through the second round:

Here is the full schedule for Saturday’s action. All times are eastern.

No. 1 Florida vs. No. 9 Pittsburgh, 12:15 p.m. CBS