Following Friday night’s historic upset which saw No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson upset No. 1 Purdue, the madness continued on the first day of the second round.
Another No. 1 seed was sent packing on Saturday after No. 8 Arkansas stunned top seed and defending national champion Kansas 72-71 in Des Moines, Iowa. It is only the third time that multiple No.1 seeds have failed to reach the Sweet 16 since the NCAA expanded the tournament field in 1985, according to ESPN. Down 35-27 at the half, the Razorbacks came racing back and took the lead thanks to a Kamani Johnson layup with just under a minute to play.
“It’s amazing seeing all the fans come out,” Davis said afterwards. “My mom wasn’t even going to come and I told her, I said, come on down. She drove down. It was like seven hours. She came down, glad she got to experience this.” In the chaotic celebrations after the buzzer, Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman removed his shirt and pumped up the Razorback fans in attendance at the Wells Fargo Arena. “That’s such an unbelievable win for our program,” Musselman told the CBS broadcast.
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