The No. 9 ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons upset the No. 8 Texas Longhorns 81-80 in overtime in the opening round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010.
The NCAA bracket update is as follows: Wake Forest will square off with No. 1 Kentucky, who dispatched East Tennessee State Thursday.
With just under 2 seconds left, Wake Forest's Ishmael Smith (19 points) nailed the game-winning jumper just when it appeared Texas might pull out the win. Texas was unable to hit a full-court heave moments later and was eliminated from the tournament.
The Deacons were led by Al-Farouq Aminu with 20 points and 15 rebounds, while J'Covan Brown (20 points) was Texas' leading point man.
The No. 1 ranked Kansas Jayhawks put together a strong second half to pull away from No. 16 Lehigh University to win 90-74 in the opening round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010.
The NCAA bracket update is as follows: Kansas advances to the second round in the Midwest Region and play No. 9 seed Northern Iowa.
A balanced offensive attack helped the Jayhawks best the Mountain Hawks, as five player finished with at least 10 points. Kansas' Marcus Morris tied for the game-high in points scored with 26 and 11 rebounds, followed by Sherron Collins with 18.With about one second left, Quincy Pondexter made a game-winning layup to give the No. 11 ranked Washington Huskies a narrow 80-78 upset up the No. 6 Marquette Golden Eagles in the first round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010 Thursday.
The NCAA bracket update as follows: Washington moves on to play No. 3 seed New Mexico, who defeated No. 14 Montana Thursday.
Isaiah Thomas scored a team-high 19 points with eight assists for Washington, while teammate Pondexter finished with 18 and 11 boards. In the loss, Lazar Hayward score 20 points and Darius Johnson-Odom with 19.
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