The Illinois basketball team has had some incredible performances this season, and one player just put up an amazing Round of 32 showing against VCU.

Cearah Parchment scored 21 points, and No. 7 seed Illinois beat No. 10 seed Colorado 66-57 on Saturday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

March Madness wasn't for mid-majors this year. For the first time since the women's NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1994, no programs from mid-major conferences advanced to the second round, leaving 32 teams representing the Power Four conferences and the Big East.

After flying 216 students to Portland to support the Panthers in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, High Point University announced on Friday that it would send a second plane full of students to support HPU as they play Arkansas in the Second Round.

In the end, cold water hit No. 12-seeded High Point in the face and it lost 94-88, as the SEC champion Razorbacks snapped the Panthers out of their temporary fantasy with ruthless aplomb. Reality bites, and college basketball is built for teams like Arkansas. Especially now.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tyler Tanner nearly sent Nebraska's boisterous fans home in stunned silence. Braden Frager made a driving layup with 2.2 seconds left to put Nebraska in front, and Tanner's heave from beyond half court rimmed out at the buzzer as the Cornhuskers outlasted Vanderbilt 74-72 Saturday night in a scintillating second-round NCAA Tournament game and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time.

After starting the second round with six Yahoo Sports users still undefeated so far in the NCAA tournament, only five brackets were still left standing just two games into play on Saturday. It was the second game,