NCAA March Madness - Thursday Results

Thursday night’s NCAA March Madness games are in the book, and we have the results below. Upsets? Last second heroics? How did the teams do versus the odds put out by Bodog? Read on and find out.

NCAA RESULTS AND BODOG ODDS

Winning teams are in bold.

Georgia 61 vs. Xavier 73
Portland State 61 vs. Kansas 85
Temple 61 vs. Michigan State 72
Kentucky 66 vs. Marquette 74
Baylor 79 vs. Purdue 90
Kent State 58 vs. UNLV 71
Oral Roberts 63 vs. Pittsburgh 82
Cornell 53 vs. Stanford 77
Belmont 70 vs. Duke 71
Kansas State 80 vs. USC 67
Winthrop 40 vs. Washington State 71
Texas A&M 67 vs. BYU 62
Arizona 65 vs. West Virginia 75
Cal State Fullerton 56 vs. Wisconsin 71
George Mason 50 vs. Notre Dame 68
Mississippi Valley St. 29 vs. UCLA 70

UPSETS AND CLOSE CALLS

There were no major upsets to speak of, but #2 Duke narrowly avoided a close call against #15 Belmont. It took a Gerald Henderson basket with 12 seconds remaining to lift the Blue Devils to a one-point win. No doubt, the Cameron Crazies were having flashbacks to their team‘s early exit last year.

The other “upsets” came as #11 Kansas State downed #6 USC and #9 Texas A&M beat #8 BYU.

Against the spread, the favorites were 13-3. Straight up, the higher seeds were 14-2. So far, it’s about what you would expect when smaller programs who just squeaked in take on basketball juggernauts.

But things should start to get really interesting in the second round. And don’t forget, we’ve still got a whole night of games on Friday. Hope springs eternal for the underdogs.

For more on the NCAA tournament, check out the following:

March Madness Bracket Contest from Bodog

NCAA March Madness Friday - Bodog Odds

NCAA March Madness - Thursday Results