An inexplicable intentional foul. A locker room dance party 78 years in the making. Doug Collins' face.
In a few years, or even a few weeks, this is what we'll remember about the first (real) day of the 2017 NCAA tournament: not just that Northwestern won its first NCAA tournament game, but how, and the blitz of emotion that accompanied it.
And, yeah, you know what? That's pretty much it.
The first 16 games of the 2017 bracket produced some decent basketball, a bunch of close first halves (including slow starts by Gonzaga and Villanova), some occasional second-half jitters, the end of the sport's two longest winning streaks (Vermont and Princeton), a bunch of thrilled Northwestern fans, and 14 wins by seed favorites.