Winners of Round 1 NCAA Tournament
March Madness returns after skipping last year due to the pandemic. Some winners of Round 1 NCAA tournament are the teams who ended their March Madness droughts. 15th-seed Oral Roberts won against Ohio State in OT to be the first 15th-seed to defeat a 2nd-seed since 2016.
14th-seed Abilene Christian won against Texas. Also, it was thanks to Joe Pleasant’s last-second free throws. Thus, it was Abilene Christian’s first NCAA tournament win in the school’s history. Oregon State won its first NCAA tournament since 1982.
According to sports betting bookie software reports, Gary Payton played for Oregon State in 1986 but failed to win a single game during March Madness in his three years with the school. It took his son, Gary Payton II, to lead the school to victory.