Zach Edey

Central Ohio played host to four memorable NCAA Tournament games on Friday. Here are five key takeaways from a historic day of hoops.

“It felt like a normal score, to be honest, but it was fun,” he said. It was good to have a lot of my fans here. It was great that I was able to get one in Columbus, Ohio.” The Spartans went 15 for 25 (60.0%) from the line and missed the front end of three straight one-and-ones while trying to salt the game away. After a day of wins for double-digit seeds, Vermont was hoping to join the party at the expense of No. Now they get to stay for at least one more game after knocking Penny Hardaway’s Tigers out of the tournament. It was that kind of evening for the Boilermakers, who took a 63-58 loss to become the second No. Jones hit three 3-pointers, finished four layups and made a free throw in the span of only 4:25 to blow the game open. And Vlad had a great seal, allowed me to get to the rim. “I don't know why I was feeling that way, but I just said, ‘Coach, let me get the ball.’ I caught it in the corner. The Owls last participated in March Madness in 2002, when as a No. “Saw a lot of times they would have one dude guarding from behind and one dude basically sitting in my lap.