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Biggest moments and best plays from the NCAA men's tournament

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Friday, 19 March 2021 11:04

The day is finally here. March Madness has begun. There has not been the upset-filled, drama-packed, bracket-busting, 12-hours-on-the-couch first day of the tournament in two years. The 2021 NCAA tournament begins in earnest today after Thursday's First Four action.

Texas Southern, Drake, Norfolk State and UCLA survived. No. 1 seeds Illinois and Baylor play Friday, as does Oklahoma State's Cade Cunningham, one of the top NBA draft prospects.

This is the likely sentiment of most college basketball fans around the country:

Read more: Top 50 players in the tourney | Jay Bilas picks every game

The perfect host

Butler is not in the NCAA tournament, but Hinkle Fieldhouse, where the Bulldogs play, is a game site. So who better to play host than Butler Blue IV?


A cathartic erasing


Here's what you missed on Thursday:

The tourney's first posterizing

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Drake's Yesufu throws down posterizer on the fast break

Drake's Joseph Yesufu comes up with the steal on Alterique Gilbert and races down the court to deliver a posterizing dunk in the face of Clarence Jackson.


Protect Coach Ham at all costs

Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton will not let a minor injury like a ruptured Achilles tendon keep him from the NCAA tournament.

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Leonard Hamilton jokes he tore his Achilles after chasing ref in parking lot

Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton reveals he tore an Achilles recently, but he adds that nothing will change during his day-to-day activities.

This is somewhat reminiscent of former Georgia State coach Ron Hunter, who tore an Achilles celebrating his team's berth in the 2015 NCAA tournament. Then, while getting hyped as his son hit a game-winning 3-pointer to upset No. 3 seed Baylor, he promptly fell off his stool.


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