The first round of the 2022 NCAA men’s tournament is in the books and while Day 2 delivered fewer big upsets than Day 1, it wasn’t without drama. No. 4 Illinois trailed for all but a few seconds of its game against No. 13 Chattanooga before somehow finding a way to pull it out in the end.
And a couple of lower seeds did actually pull off wins Friday, including 11-seed Notre Dame over 6-seed Alabama, 11-seed Iowa State over 6-seed LSU and 10-seed Miami over 7-seed USC. No. 7 Michigan State survived No. 10 Davidson by one point, setting up one last meeting between Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski. And Sister Jean’s squad made its tourney debut, albeit a short one this time around.
Here’s a deeper look into all of that and more of what we learned on Day 2 of the tournament.
