Some NCAA tournaments start with an emphatic thud, marked by chalky brackets and blowout scores.
This is not one of those NCAA tournaments. Thursday opened with No. 4 seed Virginia falling early thanks in part to one of the more bizarre decisions in tournament history. No. 2 Arizona did Virginia one better in a stunning loss to Princeton that obliterated brackets and officially marked a trend.
No. 1 seed Alabama, meanwhile, cruised as expected, but did so without a single point from All-American Brandon Miller. Fellow No.