The 15th-seeded Mountain Hawks upset second-seeded and No.[2]-ranked Duke 75-70 in the second round of the South Regional in Greensboro, N.C., touching off a wild celebration in South Side Bethlehem. [Lehigh Valley Live]
GREENSBORO — Duke’s players were the last to see it coming. All season long, there was a sense that these Blue Devils could do anything in the postseason, from losing their first game to, if the bracket broke right, getting all the way to the Final Four. The former of those two options came to pass on Friday night. [News Observer]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Lehigh took an eight-game winning streak into the N.C.A.A. tournament and did not seem to notice that its opponent in the South Region on Friday was a few levels higher than its Patriot League competition. Lehigh’s C. J. McCollum took on Miles Plumlee in the second half at Greensboro, N.C. Duke? Whatever. [New York Times]