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2016 NCAA Tournament, Second Round open thread: More madness in the encore?

After one of the most brilliant days in NCAA Tournament history, can the second round even hope to compare?

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Friday was an incredible NCAA Tournament day, wasn't it?

We had the first day on which a No. 2, No. 3, and a No. 4 seed lost in the first round in NCAA Tournament history — in just the second tournament in which that has ever happened. Six double-digit seeds won on Friday, and after seven won on Thursday (No. 9 seeds went 3-0 on Thursday!), that bunch of surprises led to this first round tying the all-time NCAA Tournament record for first-round upsets. And that Northern Iowa buzzer-beater was just about the best one ever in an NCAA Tournament.

Now, we get to reap the crop of chaos sown on Thursday — except we also get about as awesome a high-profile matchup of No. 4 and No. 5 seeds as there has ever been in March Madness, with Kentucky taking on Indiana, and we get two teams with national title seasons in the last decade in Kansas-UConn, and we get Miami-Wichita State, and ... this is just a great day of college basketball, really. Duke-Yale is an undercard. So is Utah-Gonzaga.

Drink it up. This is going to be awesome.

2016 NCAA Tournament Second Round TV Schedule

Saturday, March 19

Time TV Location Region Game PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST//REPORTER
12:10p CBS Providence South (3) Miami-Florida Hurricanes vs. (11) Wichita State Shockers Ian Eagle/Chris Webber/Len Elmore//Evan Washburn
After Conc. CBS Providence West (4) Duke Blue Devils vs. (12) Yale Bulldogs Eagle/Webber/Elmore//Washburn
5:15p CBS Des Moines East (4) Kentucky Wildcats vs. (5) Indiana Hoosiers Jim Nantz/Grant Hill/Bill Raftery//Tracy Wolfson
6:10p TNT Denver Midwest (4) Iowa State Cyclones vs. (12) Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Erdahl
7:10p TBS Raleigh Midwest (1) Virginia Cavaliers vs. (9) Butler Bulldogs Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner//Lewis Johnson
After Conc. CBS Des Moines South (1) Kansas Jayhawks vs. (9) Connecticut Huskies Nantz/ Hill/ Raftery//Wolfson
After Conc. TNT Denver Midwest (3) Utah Utes vs. (11) Gonzaga Bulldogs Catalon/Lappas//Erdahl
After Conc. TBS Raleigh East (1) North Carolina Tar Heels vs. (9) Providence Friars Harlan/Miller/Bonner//Johnson

Sunday, March 20

Time TV Location Region Game PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST//REPORTER
12:10p CBS Brooklyn South (2) Villanova Wildcats vs. (7) Iowa Hawkeyes Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce
After Conc. CBS Brooklyn East (6) Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs (14) Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Lundquist/Spanarkel//LaForce
5:15p CBS Oklahoma City West (2) Oklahoma Sooners vs. (10) Virginia Commonwealth Rams Carter Blackburn/Mike Gminski//Jaime Maggio
6:10p TNT St. Louis Midwest (10) Syracuse Orange vs. (15) Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Brian Anderson/Steve Smith//Dana Jacobson
7:10p TBS Spokane South (5) Maryland Terrapins vs. (13) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Ros Gold-Onwude
After Conc. truTV Oklahoma City West (3) Texas A&M Aggies vs. (11) Northern Iowa Panthers Blackburn/Gminski//Maggio
After Conc. TNT St. Louis East (2) Xavier Musketeers vs. (7) Wisconsin Badgers Anderson/Smith//Jacobson
After Conc. TBS Spokane West (1) Oregon Ducks vs. (8) Saint Josephs Hawks Dedes/Gottlieb//Gold-Onwude