Year of the upset? 9 double-digit seeds won first-round games of NCAA Tournament

They don’t call it March Madness for nothing.

When Saturday night’s games came to an end, a total of nine teams with a double-digit seed won a first-round game in the NCAA Tournament. It’s been quite a start to the event for teams with a “Cinderella” status.

Below are the nine teams that advanced to the Round of 32, and which teams they defeated to make it into the next round:

Friday, March 19

• No. 15 Oral Roberts def. No. 2 Ohio State 75-72 (OT)
• No. 12 Oregon State def. No. 5 Tennessee 70-56
• No. 13 North Texas def. No. 4 Purdue 78-69 (OT)
• No. 10 Rutgers def. No. 7 Clemson 60-56
• No. 11 Syracuse def. No. 6 San Diego State 78-62

Saturday, March 20

• No. 10 Maryland def. No. 7 UConn 63-54
• No. 13 Ohio def. No. 4 Virginia 62-58
• No. 11 UCLA def. No. 6 BYU 73-62
• No. 14 Abilene Christian def. No. 3 Texas 53-52

Here’s a look at the Round of 32 matchups for those nine double-digit seeds:

Sunday, March 21

• No. 11 Syracuse vs. No. 3 West Virginia — 5:15 p.m. ET (CBS)
• No. 10 Rutgers vs. No. 2 Houston — 7:10 p.m. ET (TBS)
• No. 15 Oral Roberts vs. No. 7 Florida — 7:45 p.m. ET (TruTV)
• No. 13 North Texas vs. No. 5 Villanova — 8:45 p.m. ET (TNT)
• No. 12 Oregon State vs. No. 4 Oklahoma State — 9:40 p.m. ET (TBS)

Monday, March 22

• No. 14 Abilene Christian vs. No. 11 UCLA — 5:15 p.m. ET (TBS)
• No. 13 Ohio vs. No. 5 Creighton — 6:10 p.m. ET (TNT)
• No. 10 Maryland vs. No. 2 Alabama — 8:45 p.m. ET (TNT)

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB