2026 March Madness tracker: Texas stun Gonzaga, Nebraska win in final seconds

Updated
2026 March Madness tracker
2026 March Madness tracker Soobum Im / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA

Welcome to Flashscore's 2026 March Madness tracker, where we will be updating every final score and posting all of the biggest upsets and buzzer-beaters as the tournament moves along!

Our tracker will have a continually updated schedule for the current round of the tournament with buzzer-beating highlights and notifications for major upsets. 

Each game also includes the spread next to the team that is the favorite to win and the USA TV stations on which they will be broadcast. For fans in every international region, Disney+ is the primary streaming service for the tournament. Fans in Europe and the Middle East can also catch games on DAZN, while those in Canada can stream on TSN+. 

Now, with the first round in the books, let's take a look at all of the matchups for Day 1 of the Round of 32. All game times will be ordered by Eastern time (New York).

*The tracker will be updated with the matchups for Day 2 of the Round of 32 on Sunday, March 22nd, at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern). 

Day 1 Round of 32 matchups

FINAL: (1) Michigan 95-72 (9) Saint Louis

Michigan's win marked their 33rd on the season - tying a single-season program record. They'll face the winner between (4) Alabama and (5) Texas Tech next round in the Sweet 16.

FINAL: (3) Michigan State 77-69 (6) Louisville

Coen Carr led the way with 21 points and 10 rebounds, while Jeremy Fears Jr. put up 12 points and 16 assists. Michigan State will now wait and see who they'll face in the Sweet 16 after the matchup between (7) UCLA or (2) UCONN.

FINAL: (1) Duke 81-58 (9) TCU

Duke will be advancing to the Sweet 16, where they await the winner between (5) St. John's and (4) Kansas. They have now advanced to the Sweet 16 a whopping 29 times since the 1985 expansion format (64 teams).

Meanwhile, it would've been TCU's first Sweet 16 appearance since the expanded format. Duke only led 38-34 entering halftime, but would go on to almost double the amount of points TCU put up in the second half. 

FINAL: (2) Houston 88-57 (10) Texas A&M

FINAL: (11) Texas 74-68 (3) Gonzaga

Texas head coach Sean Miller will be making his ninth Sweet 16 appearance, his first with Texas, after the team won three games in five days to advance. Texas started off the tournament coming out of the First Four with a win over NC State to claim the No. 11 seed. 

Miller is the first head coach in Texas program history to lead the team to the Sweet 16 in his first year. Now, they await the winner between (7) Miami and (2) Purdue. 

FINAL: (3) Illinois 76-55 (11) VCU

FINAL: (4) Nebraska 74-72 (5) Vanderbilt

FINAL: (4) Arkansas 94-88 (12) High Point

Round of 64 results + highlights

FINAL: (7) Kentucky 89-84 (10) Santa Clara (OT)

Kentucky avoided the upset after their star Otega Oweh drained a buzzer-beating three that sent it to overtime! Oweh finished with a stellar 35 points (11-24) with eight rebounds and seven assists.

They now advance to the Round of 32, where they'll face the winner between (2) Iowa State and (15) Tennessee State.

FINAL: (5) Texas Tech 91-71 (12) Akron

FINAL: (1) Arizona 92-58 (16) Long Island

FINAL: (3) Virginia 82-73 (14) Wright St.

FINAL: (2) Iowa State 108-74 (15) Tennessee State

FINAL: (4) Alabama 90-70 (13) Hofstra

FINAL: (9) Utah State 86-76 (8) Villanova

On the second day of the Round of 64, Utah State became the first lower seed to take home the win after they went on a 15-3 run over the last 5:40. The matchup had nine ties and 12 lead changes. Now, Utah State will move on to the Round of 32, where they'll face No. 1 seed Arizona. 

FINAL: (6) Tennessee 78-56 (11) Miami (OH)

FINAL: (9) Iowa 67-61 (8) Clemson

It is the sixth time ever that all No. 9 seeds advanced to the Round of 32. The others included Utah State, Saint Louis, and TCU. 

FINAL: (5) St. John's 79-53 (12) Northern Iowa

FINAL: (7) UCLA 75-71 (10) UCF 

FINAL: (2) Purdue 104-71 (15) Queens University

Braden Smith became the all-time Division I assist leader with his 1,077th!

FINAL: (1) Florida 114-55 (16) Prairie View A&M

FINAL: (4) Kansas 68-60 (13) California Baptist

FINAL: (2) UCONN 82-71 (15) Furman

UCONN's Tarris Reed Jr. became just the third player since 1960 to put up at least 30 points and 25 rebounds in a single tournament game, joining Elvin Hayes and Jerry Lucas. 

Reed finished the game shooting 12-for-15. His 27 rebounds were also more than the entire team of Furman had the entire game (23).

FINAL: (7) Miami 80-66 (10) Missouri

FINAL: (9) TCU 66-64 (8) Ohio State

TCU eliminated Ohio State with a last-second shot from Xavier Edmonds in the first game of the tournament!

FINAL: (4) Nebraska 76-47 (13) Troy

This is Nebraska's first-ever NCAA tournament victory in their 87-year history! The Cornhuskers had previously gone 0-8 in the big dance. 

They now await the winner between (12) McNeese State and (5) Vanderbilt as they move on to the Round of 32.

FINAL: (6) Louisville 83-79 (11) South Florida

FINAL: (12) High Point 83-82 (5) Wisconsin

High Point pulled off the first major upset of the round by beating fifth-seeded Wisconsin to claim their first-ever March Madness victory!

FINAL: (1) Duke 71-65 (16) Sienna

FINAL: (5) Vanderbilt 78-68 (12) McNeese State

FINAL: (3) Michigan St. 92-67 (14) North Dakota St.

FINAL: (4) Arkansas 97-78 (13) Hawai'i

FINAL: (11) VCU 82-78 (6) North Carolina (OT)

The Rams stay strong as they prevail over UNC in overtime to set up a date with the winner of Illinois and Penn.

FINAL: (1) Michigan 101-80 (16) Howard

FINAL: (11) Texas 79-71 (6) BYU

FINAL: (10) Texas A&M 63-50 (7) Saint Mary's

FINAL: (3) Illinois 105-70 (14) Penn

FINAL: (9) Saint Louis 102-77 (8) Georgia

FINAL: (2) Houston 78-47 (15) Idaho

FINAL: (3) Gonzaga 73-64 (14) Kennesaw St.

21+ | COMPETENT REGULATOR EEEP | RISK OF ADDICTION & LOSS OF PROPERTY | KETHEA HELPLINE: 210 9237777 | PLAY RESPONSIBLY & SAFELY |

Do you want to withdraw your consent to display betting ads?
Yes, change settings