Michigan State 81-90 Middle Tennessee State
Les Michigan State Spartans faisaient partie des favoris pour le titre dans ce Tournoi NCAA, les voilà déjà à la porte ! Les joueurs de Tom Izzo ont subi une cuisante défaite face à la modeste face de Middle Tennessee State, pour ce qui est le 4e upset le plus fou en termes d'écart de niveau de l'histoire de la March Madness ! Les Spartans du prospect NBA Denzel Valentine (13 points, 12 passes et 5 rebonds) se sont vus trop beaux et n'ont pas assez respectés un adversaire emmené par Reggie Upshaw (21 points) et ses camarades shooteurs (13/21 à 3 points !). Comme chaque année, ce 1er tour de la March Madness a réservé de belles surprises. On notera aussi la défaite de California (4) contre Hawai (10) au rayon des upsets.Boxscore
Middle Tenn.
| Name | POS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | ST | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Reggie Upshaw | F | 8-14 | 3-6 | 2-7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | |
| Darnell Harris | F | 5-13 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | |
| Giddy Potts | G | 6-10 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Jaqawn Raymond | G | 4-7 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| Perrin Buford | G-F | 6-11 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Xavier Habersham | F | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacorey Williams | F | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joshua Phillips | F | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karl Gamble | F | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Edward Simpson | G | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chase Miller | G | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephen Strachan | G | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacob Ivory | G | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quavius Copeland | G | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aldonis Foote | G | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Total | 33-59 | 11-19 | 13-21 | 9 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 90 | ||
| 55.90% | 57.90% | 61.90% | |||||||||||
Michigan St.
| Name | POS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | ST | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Deyonta Davis | F | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| Matt Costello | F | 9-10 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | |
| Denzel Valentine | G | 5-12 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| Bryn Forbes | G | 4-12 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
| Eron Harris | G | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| Marvin Clark | F | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Matt Van Dyk | F | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gavin Schilling | F | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Colby Wollenman | F | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Javon Bess | F | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kenny Goins | F | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Roy | G | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt McQuaid | G | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Conner George | G | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Ahrens | G | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lourawls Nairn | G | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Ellis | G | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 30-54 | 11-24 | 10-15 | 8 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 81 | ||
| 55.60% | 45.80% | 66.70% | |||||||||||