Canada's Bennedict Mathurin scores team-high 18 points to help propel Arizona past Wright State

Montreal native Bennedict Mathurin helped lead the way with 18 points as top-seeded Arizona beat Wright State 87-70 in the first round of the men's NCAA basketball tournament on Friday.

Christian Koloko scored 17 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and keyed a big second-half surge for the Wildcats, while Mathurin also collected five rebounds.

Dalen Terry had 16 points for the Wildcats (32-3), who won a seventh straight game and earned their first NCAA tournament win since beating Saint Mary's in the second round in 2017.

First-year coach Tommy Lloyd, a longtime assistant at Gonzaga, has Arizona in the tournament for the first time since 2018.

Arizona advanced to face No. 9 TCU.

Grant Basile scored 21 points and Trey Calvin had 16 for Wright State (22-14).

Canada's Edey helps lead Purdue past Yale

Jaden Ivey raced his way to 22 points and Toronto native Zach Edey controlled the action inside, helping Purdue overpower Yale for a 78-56 victory on Friday.

Ivey, one of the fastest players in college basketball, went 3 for 6 from 3-point range and 7 for 9 at the free-throw line in 27 minutes. The seven-foot-four centre Edey made the most of his size advantage against the Ivy League champions, finishing with 16 points and nine rebounds in 19 minutes.

"On the rebounds, I felt like I could just kind of get it over them," Edey said.

No kidding. Yale coach James Jones inserted six-foot-eight EJ Jarvis into his starting lineup, looking for a bigger body to help with Purdue's size. But it had little effect.

"Have you seen anybody in your life as big as [Edey] is?" Jones said. "Other than Yao Ming, I've seen nobody as big as he is. He is the second-largest man I've ever seen."

With Ivey dashing up and down the court and Edey towering over the lane, No. 3 seed Purdue (28-7) won its NCAA opener for the fourth time in its last five tournaments. The lone exception occurred last year, when Purdue was upset by 13th-seeded North Texas in the first round.

The overtime loss to the Mean Green seemed like a distant memory as the Boilermakers pulled away from the 14th-seeded Bulldogs at the beginning of the second half. Next up is the winner of Virginia Tech-Texas in the second round of the East Region on Sunday.

Azar Swain scored 18 points on 8-for-19 shooting for Yale (19-12), which had won 11 of 13.

It was the first NCAA Tournament game for the Bulldogs since 2019. They won the Ivy's regular-season title in 2020, but the postseason was cancelled because of the pandemic. They didn't play at all last season because the league canceled all sports due to COVID-19.

No. 11 Notre Dame upsets No. 6 Alabama

Guard Cormac Ryan shot 7-for-9 from 3-point range and scored a career-high 29 points as 11th-seeded Notre Dame upended sixth-seeded Alabama 78-64 on Friday in San Diego.

Notre Dame (24-10) advanced to play third-seeded Texas Tech (26-9) on Sunday with a spot in the West Regional semifinals in San Francisco at stake. The Red Raiders advanced by beating No. 14 seed Montana State 97-62 earlier on Friday.

Alabama (19-14) played most of the game without point guard Jahvon Quinerly, who suffered a left knee injury early in the first half.

Blake Wesley added 18 points, Paul Atkinson Jr. scored 13 and Nate Laszewski had 10 for Notre Dame, which is seeking its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2016.

Keon Ellis scored 16 points, Jaden Shackelford scored 13 and Juwan Gary had 10 points for Alabama.

TCU beats Seton Hall for 1st NCAA win since 1987

Mike Miles Jr. scored 21 points and ninth-seeded TCU got its first NCAA Tournament victory in 35 years, easily dispatching eighth-seeded Seton Hall 69-42 on Friday night.

Emanuel Miller of Unionville, Ont., scored 10 points and collected a pair of rebounds for TCU.

The Horned Frogs' last tournament victory was in 1987 against Marshall, when coach Jamie Dixon was a senior at his alma mater. They haven't had many opportunities since: This was their third appearance since 1988 and second in Dixon's six seasons.

Damion Baugh scored 14 points for TCU, which shot 27 of 53 (50.9%) from the field and led most of the game. It also dominated inside, outscoring Seton Hall 40-14 in the paint. Sixteen of TCU's 27 field goals were layups.

The Horned Frogs (21-12) will take on the South Region's top seed, Arizona, on Sunday in the second round. The Wildcats defeated Wright State 87-70 earlier Friday.

No. 6 LSU upset by No. 11 Iowa State

Iowa State turned to Tyrese Hunter at the very end, and the freshman delivered.

When it comes to Milwaukee in March, the Cyclones know exactly what to do.

Hunter scored 23 points and Iowa State shined in Milwaukee once again, using its hard-nosed defence to beat No. 6 seed LSU 59-54 in the first round on Friday night.

Izaiah Brockington added 19 points as the 11th-seeded Cyclones (21-12) got their first win in the NCAA tourney since 2017 — also in Milwaukee. They held the Tigers to 37% shooting and forced 19 turnovers, stopping a three-game slide.

Ohio State takes down Loyola Chicago

E.J. Liddell scored 16 points, Big Ten Freshman of the Year Malaki Branham added 14 and seventh-seeded Ohio State shut down 10th-seeded Loyola Chicago from start to finish, winning 54-41 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Edmonton's Aher Uguak managed just two points on 1-for-6 shooting for the Ramblers.

The Buckeyes (20-11) advanced to play Villanova on Sunday in the South Region while preventing another March run by the Ramblers (25-8), who shot 27 per cent (15 of 56) from the floor.

Braden Norris led Loyola with 14 points but star Lucas Williamson endured perhaps his worst game of the season. The winningest player in program history finished with four points on 1-of-10 shooting and committed three turnovers as Loyola fell in the first round after reaching the Sweet 16 last season and the Final Four in 2018.