AP Sports - Men's College Basketball

Ryan Langborg scored 12 of his career-high 27 points in overtime, and ninth-seeded Northwestern finally put away No. 8 seed Florida Atlantic 77-65 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

Kansas got a kind whistle at the end and Nicolas Timberlake made both his free throws to help the Jayhawks hold off Samford for a 93-89 victory in the NCAA Tournament

Florida Atlantic's Dusty May has been dealing with the chatter and speculation about where he might coach next since last season, when he led the Owls on a surprising Final Four run

Dae Dae Grant scored 19 points to help No. 11 seed Duquesne keep retiring coach Keith Dambrot working a little bit longer with a 71-67 victory against sixth-seeded BYU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

Tyson Walker scored 19 points and Michigan State coach Tom Izzo picked up his 20th win in the first round of the NCAA Tournament as his ninth-seeded Spartans beat eighth-seeded Mississippi State 69-51

There are 583 people whose NCAA Tournament brackets survived victories by double-digit seeds Oakland, Duquesne and North Carolina State, and exactly one unlucky person who has been perfectly imperfect

There are 11 people whose NCAA Tournament brackets survived victories by long shots Yale, Oakland and Duquesne

Another year without a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket

Kentucky’s 80-76 loss to Oakland didn't just end a bunch of perfect brackets

This is the most intense time of the year for college basketball fans as the NCAA March Madness championship tournament begins