NCAA Tournament 2018 Schedule and Scores Tracker: Saturday's Second-Round Games

Keep track of all of Saturday's second-round NCAA tournament schedule with our live updates at the buzzer of every game.

The first round of the NCAA tournament is officially complete, and Saturday's slate of games will decide the first spots in the Sweet Sixteen. On Friday, the Marshall Thundering Herd rode the three-pointer train to pull off an upset of No. 4 Wichita State, while No. 7 Nevada clawed its way back to defeat Mo Bamba and No. 10 Texas. No. 2-seeds Duke and Purdue took care of business in the first round, but the Boilermakers didn't advance unscathed: senior center Isaac Haas fractured his elbow in a blowout win over Cal State-Fullerton and will miss the rest of the tournament.

Who will advance to the Sweet 16 on Saturday? Before the Blue Devils and No. 1 Kansas take the court, No. 1 Villanova faces a feisty Alabama team vying for the upset, led by dynamic scorer Collin Sexton. Later on, No. 4 Gonzaga faces No. 5 Ohio State and Michigan closes out the day against Houston.

Below you’ll find recaps of every game of the second round's opening day, along with a full schedule and TV guide for a look at what’s ahead. Follow along for results and updates on all of the games as the final buzzer sounds, and click here for a live look at the bracket.

Saturday's Results

Villanova 81, Alabama 58

With Virginia’s early exit, Villanova has the look of your new consensus national title favorite. The Wildcats looked like they were feeling the burden of being the NCAA tournament’s highest remaining seed in the first half against a hyper-athletic Alabama lineup, propped up only by a hot start from super-sub Donte DiVincenzo, who hit five three-pointers before the break. The rest of the team woke up in the second half and buried Alabama with an 18–1 run in the first five minutes, keyed by Mikal Bridges, who drained five threes of his own and finished with 23 points to lead all scorers.

Duke 87, Rhode Island 62

Mike Krzyzewski passed Pat Summitt for the most wins all-time in either men’s or women’s basketball, and the Blue Devils capped off an afternoon of blowouts in Pittsburgh, leading the undersized and overmatched Rams by double digits for the final 28:51 of game time to secure the program’s 24th Sweet Sixteen appearance under Coach K. Duke’s zone defense dominated with its length, reducing Rhode Island to deep threes and contested jumpers and holding leading scorer Jared Terrell to 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting. The Blue Devils shot 58% from the field, their fourth-best shooting day of the season, and all five starters finished in double figures.