NCAA Tournament first round
March 16 at Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI
TNT
When the brackets were unveiled on Sunday, it seemed Middle Tennessee and its 30 wins were a bit under-seeded and Minnesota, despite a big turn around & a 24-win regular season may have been a bit over-seeded. That seemed to play out Thursday afternoon as the Conference USA champions pulled off their second consecutive March upset, 81-72.
The Blue Raiders knocked off No. 2 seed Michigan State in the opening round a year ago and they had four in double figures in this year's win.
Reggie Upshaw again came through in a big way, following his 21-point performance against the Spartans last March with 16 of his game-high 19 points in the second half on Thursday.
MTSU led by as much as 15 before Minnesota got to within 62-58 on Eric Curry's three-point play at the 6:44 mark. That was as close as the Golden Gophers would get, mainly because Upshaw followed with a three, a nice reverse lay-in and a fade away jumper from about 10 feet that made it 69-61 with about 4 1/2 minutes to go.
Other game watched:
(9) Vanderbilt vs. (8) Northwestern
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