One other 12-seed is dancing in March Insanity.
On Friday, Colorado State toppled fifth-seeded Memphis 78-70 to advance to the second spherical for the primary time since 2013.
The workforce has now gained 11 consecutive video games whereas sophomore Kyan Evans transformed a program report six three-pointers within the historic victory over the Tigers.
The Rams, champions of the Mountain West Convention, be part of McNeese State as the one 12-seeds to win a first-round recreation on the 2025 NCAA Event. The Cowboys took down 5-seed Clemson 69-67 within the Midwest Area on Thursday.
The 2 applications continued a scorching development. Now a 12-seed has superior in 34 of the final 40 NCAA Tournaments.
Colorado State is the fourth double-digit seed to advance this yr to this point. Three of these groups (together with the Rams) are within the West Area alone. The 11-seed Drake beat 6-seed Missouri 67-57 and 10-seed Arkansas defeated 7-seed Kansas 79-72 on Thursday.
Probably the most double-digit seeds to ever attain the Spherical of 32 was 10 in 2016.
For as important as Friday’s upset was, it was a preferred decide for bracket predictors. Per the NCAA, 39.88 p.c of submissions chosen Colorado State to advance over the American Athletic Convention champions.
Regardless of that, a a lot smaller variety of folks have accurately picked each recreation to this point. Simply 0.0188 p.c of submitted brackets stay good after the Rams’ win.
Colorado State now awaits the winner of 4-seed Maryland and 13-seed Grand Canyon on Friday. That second-round matchup will likely be performed on Sunday.
