Saturday’s March Madness: Bracket news and results from NCAA Tournament’s 2nd round

Florida put a destruction on Virginia on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Gators’ 65-39 win was one of the most dominant showings of March so far, and, on Virginia’s part, the tournament’s biggest embarrassment yet.

The loss continued a trend of strong Virginia teams losing either too early or really ugly in March Madness. This one can certainly be filed under “ugly”; whether it’s “early” depends on your view of this Hoos team. But at any rate, UVA took a terrible loss, and it’s the fourth year in a row that the program has exited March in agony.

Sometimes, non-stop college basketball action featuring the best teams in the country for two days straight isn’t enough to please people. Sometimes people want everything stated above along with results that surprise them and dramatic finishes that make them jump out of their seats.

The first two days of the 2017 NCAA tournament may not have provided that, but Saturday’s slate of second-round action at least gave us one of those things. The third day of the Big Dance gave us our first No. 1 seed going down, our first double-digit seed advancing to week two, and our biggest officiating controversy to date.

The first two days of the NCAA tournament have been almost historically chalky, which has left some viewers a little restless. The good news? All those better seeds advancing means we’re set up for some really, really entertaining second-round matchups over the next 48 hours.

You can see Saturday’s full schedule here.

Virginia only scoring 17 points in the first half wasn’t the worst thing that happened to them Saturday evening. It was being on the wrong side of the most successful jab in history.

The following is a step-by-step look at this ruthless jabstep.

On Sunday, the Kentucky Wildcats and Wichita State Shockers will face off in a rematch from the classic 2014 NCAA tournament game. Three years ago, eighth-seeded Kentucky knocked off one-seeded Wichita State 78-76 in one of the most exciting games in recent March Madness history, ending the Shockers’ undefeated season.

This year, the roles will be reversed as 10-seed Wichita State looks to upset No. 2 Kentucky, and the drama is heating up before the game even starts. Wichita State forward Darral Willis is ready for Sunday, noting that Kentucky is “nothing special.”

Bob Huggins has spent the last three years turning West Virginia into Press Virginia. The backbone of this team is their full court trap defense and they’ve learned how to deploy it with devastating effectiveness.

This season, the Mountaineers finished No. 1 in turnover rate and No. 3 in steal rate.

After a fun first day of the 2017 NCAA tournament, half of the second-round matchups are set. Here is a look at the television broadcast schedule for Saturday, with eight games spread across three networks.

Saturday’s schedule includes top seeds Villanova and Gonzaga continuing their tournament runs. Gonzaga draws No. 8 seed Northwestern, fresh off the Wildcats’ first-ever March Madness win, in a 5:15 p.m. ET tipoff in Salt Lake City.