The best the bracket has so far is a pair of No. 12 seeds over 5s. That’s become almost expected — occurring at 35% clip, according to the NCAA — and one of them wasn’t even an upset. Colorado State was favored by 2 1/2 points over short-handed Memphis, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, and the Rams won 78-70.

Sixteen games across the country Thursday opened up the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament and probably to some extent busted at least part of your March Madness bracket in the process. Maybe you picked High Point to take down Purdue or thought No.

With Ryan Odom set to be Virginia's head coach, look back at when he pulled off the first-ever upset as a 16-seed against the Cavaliers.

Odom has been coaching nearby VCU and has ties to Charlottesville: His father, Dave, was an assistant there in the 1980s