March Madness scores: Oakland's upset of Kentucky highlights NCAA tournament Day 1

It was a tough day for 6 seeds and a great day for 11 seeds. And a star was born in Oakland's Jack Gohlke.

Full recap here

The Jayhawks hold on after a late scare from the Bulldogs. Kansas finishes with five players with 13+ points. Hunter Dickinson leads the way with 19 points and 20 rebounds. The controversial foul call at the end will surely haunt Samford.

Samford cut the lead to 1 and then appeared to block Kansas' shot on the other end.

But a foul was called on this play. Good call?

This thing isn't over yet. Samford cuts the Kansas lead to 2 with 38 seconds left!

Kansas fans can breathe a little bit for the moment. Can the Jayhawks hang on?

The red hot 11th-seeded Wolfpack stay hot with an upset win over 6th-seeded Texas Tech. That makes 6 seeds 0-3 today as Tech joins BYU and Oregon as losers on that seed line.

Samford is making a comeback! Kansas was up 63-41 at one point.

Washington State rallies and beats Drake in the first round. Isaac Jones' 20 points leads the way for the Cougars. Wazzu advances to face Iowa State the second round.

Washington State takes the lead on a this clutch 3 by Isaiah Watts! Cougars lead Drake 61-59 with 34.8 seconds to play

And NC State is just about putting this one to bed against Texas Tech. It's a bad day to be a 6 seed.

We're headed for a fun finish in this Wazzu-Drake game. Drake leads 58-57 at the under-4 timeout.

People are getting behind the underdog Wolfpack and their big man.

Could ANOTHER 6 seed go down today? Texas Tech in big trouble vs. NC State

Kansas is cruising against Samford

Dalton Knecht scores 23 to lead the Vols to a blowout win in the first round. Tennessee will face Texas in the second round Saturday.

Drake fires off a 6-0 run to start the 2nd half to grab a 35-33 lead over Wazzu

Kansas is in control, but Samford at least has the poster of the day 🤷‍♂️

BIG man DJ Burns and 11 seed NC State lead 6 seed Texas Tech 37-33 at the half

Washington State is knocking em down vs. Drake and holding onto a late first-half lead

Texas Tech and NC State are locked in a tight battle in Pittsburgh.

We're well into the final window of the night. Tennessee is on easy street at halftime, but the other three games are competitive early.

The Zags roll with ease as five different players scored in double digits.

An even better one:

Words from Oakland's hero of the game:

The final moments of Oakland's enormous win:

Jack Gohlke hits 10 (!) 3-pointers and scores 32 points to lead the Golden Grizzlies to a massive upset of the Wildcats in the first round! John Calipari's squad suffers another in a long list of disappointing early-tournament exits.

Oakland leads 79-74. It's Kentucky ball under the basket with under 5 seconds to play.

Deep 3 no good for Kentucky. Oakland ball, free throws coming with 18.1 seconds.

This is getting real...

BIG TIME UPSET WATCH: Oakland drills a 3 to take a 78-74 lead over Kentucky with 28.8 seconds left!

No. 2 Iowa State pulling away from No. 15 South Dakota State

The Wildcats have cut it to 2 with just over 6 minutes left. John Calipari may be coaching for his job in the final minutes here.

The 14th-seed Golden Grizzlies are trying to pull off the stunner of the tourney

Jack Gohlke and Oakland are putting all kinds of pressure on Kentucky!

He's 9 of 16 from 3-point land today 🎯

Colorado State is doing juuuuust enough to keep this one interesting. Down 8 at the under-4 timeout vs. Texas.

Iowa State is up 7 at the break after shooting 63% in the first half.

Meanwhile, the Zags are in charge early against Will Wade and McNeese State.

Oakland is hanging around with Kentucky as that first-round matchup nears halftime.

No. 3 Kentucky is underway against No. 14 Oakland as the evening slate picks up steam.

What a comeback for the Flyers! They went on a 17-point run inside the 7-minute mark to take the lead and held on to win.