LIVE UPDATES: ASU Sun Devils, GCU Lopes out of NCAA Tournament

March Madness is back! State 48 made making its presence known this year by having three universities in the tournament.

On the tournament's opening day, only four out of 32 teams lost to lower-seeded foes but two of them were big: No. 2 seed Arizona and No. 4 seed Virginia both went down, busting millions of brackets.

Arizona State University and Grand Canyon University were both eliminated after losing their games in Denver on Friday.

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• Arizona State:

The Sun Devils finished the regular season at 22-12, ranking them fifth in the Pac-12. ASU is led by Head Coach, Bobby Hurley, who won two national championships at Duke in 1991 and 1992.
Sun Devils are one of eight teams playing the early "play-in" games.

Friday, March 17:

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TCU has knocked out the ASU Sun Devils from advancing in the NCAA Tournament. Final score: 72 to 70.

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Wednesday, March 15:

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Arizona State took down Nevada in the “First Four” of the NCAA tournament 98 to 73 and will face TCU Friday night in the Round of 64!

• Grand Canyon University:

The Lopes made their way into the big dance by going 24-11 on the season and winning their conference tournament. This is the tenth year GCU has been a division 1 program since joining the WAC in 2013. This is their second appearance in the NCAA tournament. If the Lopes win Friday, they will face the winner of the TCU vs Arizona State/Nevada game.

Game details: GCU vs Gonzaga
Friday, 3/17, at 4:35 p.m. on truTV

Friday, March 17:

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Grand Canyon University has been knocked out of the NCAA Tournament after losing to Gonzaga 82 to 70.

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University of Arizona:

Many analysts projected the Wildcats would make a run this year. U of A finished the year at 28-6, and by beating UCLA for the Pac-12 Championship. Although the Wildcats have proved themselves in their conference, they have not hoisted the big trophy since 1997, making it over a quarter of a century since the Wildcats won the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, they lost Thursday to Princeton in the first round.

Thursday, March 16, 2023:

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Princeton keeping it close with the Wildcats in the first half.

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President Biden has picked U of A to win the national championship in his bracket.