DES MOINES — No one pulled a Yale. None of the lower seeds morphed into Arkansas-Little Rock.
All four of the blue-blood teams assigned to this site — Kansas, Connecticut, Indiana and Kentucky — did what many expected them to do Thursday. All won their first-round games at Wells Fargo Arena. Only UConn, which trailed by 11 points in the first half, faced significant opposition. So the anticipated marquee matchups on Saturday, Kansas versus Connecticut and Kentucky versus Indiana, will come to pass.
The No. 1 overall seed Kansas (31-4) broke the century mark in a 105-79 rout of Austin Peay, a No.