After an overall chalky first day of the NCAA Tournament turned to madness by Thursday night when the No. 14 Oakland Golden Grizzlies pulled off the first stunner of the tournament with an upset of No. 3 Kentucky. Oakland is in the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time at the Division I level and will look for another outright win as an underdog against NC State on Saturday with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line.
NC State is on its own Cinderella journey after running the table to its first conference tournament championship since 1987.