With Mary Ellen Rogers unable to go for Friday’s NCAA Tournament games in Memphis, Gene Bailey puts on the stripes.

Nebraska fans packed FedExForum on Friday for the NCAA Tournament, but the program’s long run of March agony continued against Texas A&M.

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The No. 1 seed Cougars started off a bit slow offensively against No. 16 seed Longwood, but soon flipped a switch to overwhelm their overmatched opponent.

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Box score: Houston 86, Longwood 46

NCAA men’s basketball box score for Friday’s NCAA Tournament game between Houston and Longwood at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. 

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points, including the winning basket with 1.2 seconds left, as the Grizzlies snap a four-game skid with a 99-97 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night.

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NBA box score for Friday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs in Texas on Friday, March 22, 2024.

The No. 9 seed Aggies (21-14) knocked off the No. 8 seed Cornhuskers (23-11) 98-83 in a first-round matchup in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night in Memphis.

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NCAA men’s basketball box score for Friday’s NCAA Tournament game between Nebraska and Texas A&M played at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.

NCAA men’s basketball box score for Friday’s NCAA Tournament first-round game between Clemson and New Mexico played at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.

The No. 6 seed Tigers (22-11) toppled the No. 11 seed New Mexico Lobos (26-10) 77-56 in a first-round matchup in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon at FedExForum.

A 92-67 victory at FedExForum advances Baylor to the second round of the West Region.

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Baylor defeated Colgate at FedExForum in Memphis.

The eight NCAA men’s basketball teams in Memphis for the NCAA Tournament are in action today.

After having covered every part of the Hardaway era, John Martin offers three suggestions to help Penny Hardaway get the Tigers back to the NCAA Tournament.

Young, a 6-foot-2 backup point guard, averaged 2.2 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 11 minutes per game for the Tigers.

Griff Aldrich, whose Lancers are in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years, is in Memphis with a story even Houston coach Kelvin Sampson loves.

The Cougars, the No. 1 seed in the South Region, have never won a NCAA title in the history of their program.

The Lancers can become just the third No. 16 seed ever to beat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament if it wins against Houston.

The senior tossed 6.1 shutout innings against his team’s Mississippi foe March 11.

The No. 8 seed Cornhuskers have never won an NCAA Tournament game. They’ll look to change that when they play No. 9 seed Texas A&M in a first-round matchup Friday.

The NCAA Tournament attracts all types of visitors to Memphis: eight teams and a blimp.

“A lot of people didn’t think we would be here today,” said point guard Wade Taylor, who averages 18.9 points and 4.0 assists per game. “We just (want) to continue to keep working, and we want to thank God for putting us in the position.”

Mike Bibby is the uncle of Jaelen House, a 6-foot senior point guard for the New Mexico Lobos, who play Friday night at FedExForum.

Coach Brad Brownell’s Tigers lost their first game of the 2023-24 season to Memphis in mid-December at FedExForum after a hot start to the campaign. Now, they’ll begin their March Madness journey in the same building.

The No. 11 seed Lobos out of the West Region are among the trendiest double-digit seed picks to make a deep March Madness run.