The Day in Sports Pictures (March 18)

SI Staff | Mar 18, 2016

The Day in Sports Pictures (March 18) /

The Day in Sports Pictures (March 18)

Here are some of the images that caught our eye on an upset-laden day in the NCAA Tournament, including Paul Jesperson of the Northern Iowa Panthers hitting a half court three-pointer at the buzzer to defeat the Texas Longhorns 75-72.

The Northern Iowa Panthers mob Paul Jesperson (4) after his dramatic game winner at the buzzer against Texas.

Middle Tennessee State players celebrate after pulling off one of the biggest upsets in tournament history.

Reggie Upshaw of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders dunks late in the win over No. 2 seed Michigan State.

The Michigan State Spartans bench looks on late in the loss to a 15th seed, the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders.

Jaqawn Raymond of Middle Tennessee gets his finger tips on a ball that Matt McQuaid was trying to control.

Jaqawn Raymond of Middle Tennessee celebrates the victory over Michigan State.

Giddy Potts of Middle Tennessee out-hustles Denzel Valentine of Michigan State.

Thomas Walkup goes high for a basket on a night in which he scored 33 points as No. 14 Stephen F. Austin soundly defeated No. 3 West Virginia.

The Lumberjacks bench celebrates their 14-point victory over West Virginia.

The Mountaineers became the first No. 3 seed to be eliminated from the NCAA Tournament.

Thomas Walkup led Stephen F. Austin to its 21st consecutive win, the longest streak in the nation.

The Hawaii Warriors bench celebrates in the closing minutes against Cal.

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Aaron Valdes and the 13th seed Hawaii Warriors won the first NCAA tournament game in school history.

Hawaii guard Quincy Smith gets pressured by Cal center Kameron Rooks, left, and Roger Moute a Bidias.

Stefan Jovanovic makes an acrobatic play during Hawaii's win over Cal.

Adam Woodbury of the Iowa Hawkeyes shoots the game-winning basket in overtime to defeat the Temple Owls.

Iowa players storm the court to celebrate the last-second, game-winning basket against Temple in overtime.

Obi Enechionyia and the Temple Owls suffered a two-point loss to Iowa in overtime.

Isaiah Miles of the Saint Joseph's Hawks scores the game-winning basket against Farad Cobb of Cincinnati .

Isaiah Miles heads back on defense while the St. Joseph's bench goes wild over this game-winning basket in a 78-76 triumph over Cincinnati.

Octavius Ellis of Cincinnati would have won the game for Cincinnati had this basket counted, but the officials ruled that time had expired (and the red light had come on) before the ball left his hands completely.

Justin Pride (51) of Cal State Bakersfield pressures Isaiah Cousins of the Oklahoma Sooners.

Ryan Spangler and teammate Buddy Hield box out Aly Ahmed of Cal State Bakersfield.

Christian James (3) of Oklahoma and Dedrick Basile of Cal State Bakersfield force a jump ball.

Syracuse's Tyler Lydon blocks a shot by Dayton's Charles Cooke during a 70-51 win by the Orange.

Dyshawn Pierre (21) of Dayton drives to the basket against DaJuan Coleman (32) of Syracuse.

Trevor Cooney of Syracuse shoots and is fouled by Scoochie Smith in a win over the Dayton Flyers.

Ahmad Thomas falls into UNC Asheville coach Nick McDevitt during a loss to Villanova.

Mikal Bridges of Villanova dunks against the UNC Asheville Bulldogs.

Jalen Brunson and Ryan Arcidiacono celebrate a 30-point victory over UNC Asheville Bulldogs.

Gary Payton II scores two of his 19 points in his final game with Oregon State.

A Virginia Commonwealth cheerleader performs while the Rams took on Oregon State.

Gary Payton II of the Oregon State Beavers reacts after losing 75-67 to VCU.

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits were a couple of plays away from knocking off Maryland, but couldn't finish the job.

Melo Trimble scored 19 points for Maryland, which plays Hawaii next.

Maryland watched South Dakota State storm back from an 18-point deficit late, but the Terps got a crucial turnover in the closing seconds and held on for a 79-74 win.

Robert Carter of Maryland defends against Connor Devine of South Dakota State.

Jalen Jones of Texas A&M defends Charles Cooper of Green Bay as the Aggies won for the ninth time in their last 10 games.

The view from above as Texas A&M and Green Bay played in Oklahoma City.

Tevin Findlay of Green Bay attempts to outmaneuver Tonny Trocha-Morelos to no avail as the Phoenix lost 92-65.

Zach Braxton and Joel Bolomboy of Weber State attempt to rebound the ballagainst the Xavier Musketeers.

Edmond Sumner of the Xavier Musketeers attempts to block a pass by McKay Cannon of Weber State.

Rex Pflueger and the Fighting Irish mascot after a 70-63 win over Michigan at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Rex Pflueger of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrates a 70-63 win over the Michigan Wolverines.

Holy Cross coach Bill Carmody gives Robert Champion some instructions on a night in which the Crusaders lost 91-52.

Eric Green dunks against Oregon but couldn't keep the No. 1 seed from advancing to the round of 32 for the fourth straight season.

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Wisconsin's Ethan Happ fouls Pittsburgh's Michael Young as they battle for possession. Wisconsin advanced, 47-43.

Pittsburgh's Alonzo Nelson-Ododa and the Wisconsin bench point at each other as the ball goes out of bounds off of Nelson-Ododa.

Gary Clark of the Cincinnati Bearcats tries to out-muscle Javon Baumann of Saint Joseph's.

Missouri's Willie Miklus, right, and Nebraska's Timothy Dudley compete in a 184-pound match during the semifinals of the NCAA Division I wrestling championships in New York.

Iowa's Cory Clark, top, gets tangled up with Nebraska's Eric Montoya in a 133-pound match during the NCAA Division 1 wrestling championship in New York.

North Carolina's Joseph Ward, left, gets tangles up with Oklahoma State's Dean Heil in a 141-pound match during the NCAA Division 1 wrestling championship.

Kei Nishikori of Japan in action in his match against Rafael Nadal of Spain.

Serena Williams reacts to a lost point in her straight set win over Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus hits a backhand in her match against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic.

Yulia Timoshinina and Nikita Shleikher of Russia in the Mixed 10m Synchro Platform at the 2016 FINA/NVA Diving World Series.

Ryan O'Reilly of Buffalo controls the puck while being pursued by Mike Hoffman of Ottawa.

David Pastrnak of Boston skates over the puck with Hampus Lindholm of Anaheim defending.

Luis Scola of Toronto Raptors steals the ball away from Avery Bradley of the Boston Celtics.

Hollis Thompson of Philadelphia falls into the court during the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Published Mar 18, 2016

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