The 13 first-round wins for lower-seeded teams ties the NCAA Tournament record set in 2001. In 2015, that happened five times on the tournament's opening Thursday and Friday combined. The worse-seeded team won six times on Friday and seven times on Thursday. 11 or worse have advanced into the second round, the highest such number in NCAA Tournament history. For the first time in NCAA Tournament history, 10 double digit seeds won a first-round game. 15 seed have won a tournament game on the same way. It was also, as you might have guessed, the first time a No. 4 seed have lost first-round games on the same day. Friday was the first time in NCAA Tournament history that a No. You might immediately want to chalk that statement up as hyperbole or the product of a recency bias, but here's my evidence in support of it: There's really no other way to start this other than coming right out and saying it: Friday was the best day of first round NCAA Tournament basketball ever.
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