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March Madness Thursday recap: Watch out for the 11 seeds — and Jack Gohlke

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Day 1 of the NCAA men's tournament is in the books, and brackets are already overwhelmingly busted.

Thursday marked a thrilling, upset-filled start to the tournament with a trio of No. 11 seeds and Jack Gohlke ensuring that 99.9% of perfect brackets were toast before the late games even tipped. If you're in the 0.1%, congratulations. Go buy a lottery ticket.

For the rest of us, let's sit back and enjoy what's already been an entertaining NCAA tournament.

Beware the 11 seeds

While Oakland stole the show with its upset of Kentucky, it was Duquesne and Oregon that got the party started.