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At least we had Ja. While most of Thursday’s first full day of NCAA tournament action may have lacked much shock, it did have awe in the form of Murray State sophomore guard Ja Morant. The projected top-three NBA draft pick put up the ninth triple-double—17 points, 16 assists, 11 rebounds—in tourney history to run Marquette off the floor in a 19-point win in which the victorious 12th-seeded Racers looked like nobody’s idea of an underdog.