The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Cleveland State University, a pair of upstarts making their first appearances in the NCAA tournament, eliminated two of college basketball's traditional powers Friday.
In the Midwest sub-regional at Minneapolis, Arkansas-Little Rock stunned 10th-ranked Notre Dame, 90-83. Earlier, in the East sub-regional at Syracuse, N.Y., Cleveland State knocked off No. 16 Indiana, 83-79.
Elsewhere, seven members of the Associated Press Top Twenty advanced, led by No. 3 Kentucky. The Wildcats mauled Davidson 75-55, No. 4 St. John's downed Montana State 83-74, No. 5 Michigan held off Akron 70-64, No. 9 Syracuse buried brown 101-52, No. 11 Nevada-Las Vegas swamped Northeast Louisiana 74-51 Navy whipped Tulsa 87-68 and No. 19 Illinois walloped Fairfield 75-51.
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