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Men's March Madness 2024: First-round tournament takeaways

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Friday started with Northwestern winning an overtime thriller over Florida Atlantic and ended with 12-seed Grand Canyon knocking out 5-seed Saint Mary's. In between, there was 13 hours of drama that only the first round of the NCAA tournament could provide.

If Jack Gohlke was the NCAA tournament legend from Thursday, Yale's John Poulakidas took the throne on Friday after scoring 28 points in an upset win over Auburn.