Ultimately, the real One Shining Moments fell short.
CLOSE SportsPulse: New Mexico State's late game debacle derailed their chances of pulling off the massive upset and highlighted a common theme early in the tourney: Cinderellas falling short. USA TODAY
New Mexico State's last-second 78-77 loss to Auburn was the biggest head-scratcher of the day. The Aggies' AJ Harris had an opportunity to tie the game in the closing seconds but instead dished the ball out to Terrell Brown, who was fouled on a three-point attempt. That put him at the line trailing by two points with three shots at the free-throw line. Make all them and the game was over.
In a game that was much closer than the score would indicate, No. 15 seed Bradley had No. 2 Michigan State on the ropes for about 35 minutes in a back-and-forth affair until the Spartans leaned on do-everything guard Cassius Winston to save them. A cold-shooting Yale team saw its late comeback attempt fall short in a loss to No. 3 seed LSU, and No. 13 seed Vermont gave Florida State a scare by leading early and tying it at halftime before FSU pulled away.
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