March Madness 2018 results and fixtures: LIVE scores from NCAA tournament
MARCH MADNESS gets underway this week as college basketball takes over in the United States and you can follow live results right here.
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Sixty eight teams will battle it out over a three-week period on order to be named national champion at the end of the month.
March Madness has grown exponentially in popularity in recent years in large part due to it's inpredictable upsets.
Supporters far and wide attempt to fill out a bracket in what they believe could be the outcome of the tournament which has proven almost impossible.
The tournament kicks off with the First Four games on Tuesday March 13 and Wednesday March 13 before the real first round gets underway on Thursday March 15 and Friday March 16 before the second round takes place on Saturday March 17 and Sunday March 18.
From 68 teams, the second week will see just a small number of teams progress into the Sweet 16 (March 22/23) followed by the Elite Eight (March 24/25).
And the third week sees the Final Four (March 31) battle it out for a place in the NCAA Championship game (April 2).
Below is a full list of results, fixtures and the schedule for the NCAA tournament.
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**All games have the expected tip-off time GMT (seed in brackets)
First Four
Tuesday, March 13
Radford (16) bt LIU Brooklyn (16) 71 - 61St. Bonaventure (11) bt UCLA (11) 65-58
Wednesday, March 14
Texas Southern (16) bt NC Central (16) 64-46
Syracuse (11) bt Arizona State (11) 60-56
First Round
Thursday, March 15
Rhode Island (7) bt Oklahoma (10) 83-78
Tennessee (3) bt Wright State (14) 73-47
Gonzaga (4) bt UNCG (13) 68-64
Kansas (1) bt Penn (16) 76-60
Duke (2) bt Iona (15) 89-67
Miami (6) lost to Loyola (IL) (11) 62-64
Ohio State (5) bt South Dakota State (12) 81-73
Seton Hall (8) bt NC Stat (9) 94-83
Villanova (1) bt Radford (16) 87-61
Kentucky (5) bt Davidson (12) 78-73
Houston (6) bt San Diego State (11) 67-65
Texas Tech (3) bt Stephen F. Austin (14) 70-60
Alabama (9) bt Virginia Tech (8) 86-83
Buffalo (13) bt Arizona (4) 89-68
Michigan (3) bt Montana (14) 61-47
Florida (6) bt St. Bonaventure (11) 77-62
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Saturday, March 17
Villanova bt Alabama 81-58
Duke bt Rhode Island 87-62
Kentucky bt Buffalo 95-75
Loyola bt Tennessee 63-62
Kansas bt Seton Hall 83-79
Gonzaga bt Ohio State 90-84
Texas Tech bt Florida 69-66
Michigan bt Houston 64-63
Friday, March 16
Texas A&M (7) bt Providence (10) 73-69
Purdue (2) bt Cal State Fullerton (15) 74-48
Marshall (13) bt Wichita State (4) 81-75
Cincinnati (2) bt Georgia State (15) 68-53
North Carolina (2) bt Lipscomb (15) 84-66
Butler (10) bt Arkansas (7) 79-62
West Virginia (5) bt Murray State (12) 85-68
Nevada (7) bt Texas (10) 87-83
Kansas State (9) bt Creighton (8) 69-56
Michigan State (3) bt Bucknell (14) 82-78
Xavier (1) bt Texas Southern (16) 92-72
Auburn (4) bt Charleston (13) 62-58
UMBC (16) bt Virginia (1) 74-54
Syracuse (11) bt TCU (6) 57-52
Florida State (9) bt Missouri (8) 67-54
Clemson (5) bt New Mexico State (12) 79-68