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March Madness 2022 - Best action, moments, upsets and more from Saturday's NCAA tournament action - ESPN

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March Madness calmed down a bit Friday with higher seeds mostly taking care of business. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Miami Hurricanes and Iowa State Cyclones were the only double-digit-seeded teams to advance in the 2022 NCAA tournament on the second day of the tournament. The Auburn Tigers, Villanova Wildcats and Purdue Boilermakers, meanwhile, had big, statement wins.

Heading to the round of 32 on Saturday, our two biggest Cinderellas will look to keep their tournament dreams alive. Saint Peter's, which upset No. 2 seed Kentucky in the first round, faces Murray State. The winners of two 12-5 upsets, Richmond and New Mexico State, face Providence and Arkansas, respectively.

NCAA tournament schedule (all times ET)

2:40 p.m.: 9 Creighton Bluejays vs. 1 Kansas Jayhawks

5:15 p.m.: 11 Michigan Wolverines vs. 3 Tennessee Volunteers

6:10 p.m.: 12 Richmond Spiders vs. 4 Providence Friars

7:10 p.m.: 5 Saint Mary's Gaels vs. 4 UCLA Bruins

7:45 p.m.: 15 Saint Peter's Peacocks vs. 7 Murray State Racers

8:40 p.m.: 12 New Mexico State Aggies vs. 4 Arkansas Razorbacks

9:40 p.m.: 9 Memphis Tigers vs. 1 Gonzaga Bulldogs

UNC hangs on

The Tar Heels blew a 25-point lead in the final minutes, but 8-seed UNC is going to the Sweet 16 after upsetting the 1-seed, and reigning national champion, Baylor in the round of 32. It's North Carolina's ninth win against a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, which ties (of all schools) Duke for most all time.

UNC guard R.J. Davis played the hero this time, dropping 30 points to go with six assists and five rebounds. Davis had only nine points combined in his previous two NCAA tournament games. He also got props from Trae Young on Twitter.

Meanwhile, North Carolina's women's basketball team was pumped watching the game in their hotel lobby.

Baylor is the fifth straight defending national champion not to make it out of the opening weekend. Virginia fell to Ohio State in 2021 and Villanova lost in the round of 32 in 2019 in 2017. The other defending champ to lose in the round of 32 recently? North Carolina. The end result here is an awful lot of busted brackets.

We're going to overtime!

Saturday's first game has been an absolute doozy, with Baylor engineering a 25-point comeback to tie it against UNC. R.J. Davis' attempted buzzer-beater fell short and the game will be decided in overtime.

Don't call it a comeback?

Baylor's not done just yet. They're on a 20-4 run in Texas, during which the Tar Heels turned the ball over seven times, and have cut UNC's lead to single digits. This one feels like it'll go down to the wire.

Things are getting out of hand in Texas

Armando Bacot is swatting shots. R.J. Davis has 24 points. Baylor is down by over 20 in the round of 32 and is running out of time to turn things around.

Upset alert?

R.J. Davis continues to dominate -- he's got 17 at the half -- and Baylor is in real trouble in its round of 32 matchup against UNC. The Tar Heels are up 42-29 at halftime. That's the most points Baylor has allowed in the first half in the past three seasons. The last time Baylor overcame a double-digit halftime deficit to win was back in 2019, against Texas.

Davis on fire out of the gate

Tar Heels guard R.J. Davis missed his first shot of No. 8 UNC's matchup against No. 1 Baylor, but then nailed two 3-pointers and a long 2 in quick succession. He has North Carolina's first eight points as the Heels try to pull off the upset -- and that's after scoring a combined nine points in UNC's first two NCAA tournament games.

Peacocks have a fan club

Saint Peter's wrecked a lot of brackets with its upset of Kentucky. It has gained a following and a fan in UMBC, which in 2018 became the only No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the tournament.

And, when you pull off a massive upset, you get verified on Twitter.

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