It had been a reasonably quiet begin to March Insanity on Thursday. Apart from No. 7 Dayton’s comeback in opposition to No. 10 Nevada and No. 11 Duquesne upsetting No. 6 BYU, there wasn’t a real “MARCH!” second.
Then the world was introduced to Jack Gohlke and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies.
The three-point wizard and senior guard for No. 14 Oakland lit up the No. 3 Kentucky Wildcats in Pittsburgh for an 80-76 victory. Gohlke made 10 three-pointers on 20 makes an attempt for 32 factors because the Grizzlies superior to the second spherical for the primary time at school historical past.
It was one other beautiful exit for Kentucky, which misplaced to No. 15 St. Peter’s two years in the past as a two-seed and fell to Kansas State within the second spherical final March. Now it falls as a high seed and 12.5-point favourite.
School basketball followers have been beside themselves watching all of it unfold.
5-year D2 participant Jack Gohlke is outplaying lottery choose Reed Sheppard.
Nothing else in American sports activities provides us this.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) March 22, 2024 Your entire nation is hanging on to each play between a blue blood and a college from Michigan most likely suppose is in situated in California and the one identify they know is one they’ll’t spell and discovered lower than two hours in the past.
NEVER TOUCH THE TOURNAMENT AGAIN. IT’S PERFECT.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 22, 2024
John calipari get able to be taught SEC community analyst buddy 🫵🏿
— Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) March 22, 2024
The SEC is having a no-good, very-bad NCAA Match thus far.
No. 3 Kentucky will get upset by Oakland. — Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) March 22, 2024
The final 4 years for Kentucky males’s basketball have been shaky 😬
2021: missed the NCAA Match — Complicated Sports activities (@ComplexSports) March 22, 2024
Will Jack Gohlke be capable of even stroll within the subsequent sport? He ran his legs off at the moment.
— Evan Miyakawa (@EvanMiya) March 22, 2024
Not wishing it on him, however appears like a “mutually agreed to half methods” is in Cal’s speedy future.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) March 22, 2024 I’d level out to UK followers that all of the sudden being unable to win within the match was the start of the tip for Bob Knight at IU. #NCAAMarchMadness
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 22, 2024
Kentucky NBA All-Stars within the final 4 years: 16
Kentucky NCAA Match wins within the final 4 years: 1
— Bryan Ives (@awaytoworthy) March 22, 2024
No. 6 South Carolina goes all the way down to Oregon, led by a former Gamecock who scored 40 (!) factors.
No. 8 Mississippi State will get blown out by Michigan State.
2022: misplaced in first spherical to 15-seed St. Peter’s
2023: misplaced in spherical of 32
2024: misplaced in first spherical to 14-seed Oakland pic.twitter.com/X3BrrWnpMx
