Kansas basketball won’t be the subject of a NCAA tournament upset defeat on Friday. The Jayhawks won a round of 64 matchup against California Baptist.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After giving up five 3-pointers in a competitive first half, UCLA had seen enough. The Bruins allowed just one in a dominant second half on the way to a 96-43 rout of Cal Baptist in the opening round of March Madness on Saturday night.

Despite tough losses, each team was able to turn things around and win the Western Athletic Conference tournament for the final time to secure their spots in the big dance.

The KU basketball coach watched and watched from the sideline. His team was on the verge of total collapse as he burned a timeout with 1:06 to play. The Jayhawks led by 20 at the half over No. 13 seed Cal Baptist.

Four Southern California teams will begin play Friday night in the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments. They include both the men’s and women’s teams representing Cal Baptist in Riverside and UCLA.

The Tigers appeared to have a first-round win against the Trojans in the bag before a multi-step review coach Shawn Poppie described as a “shock.”

Kansas basketball’s NCAA tournament game Friday saw it face California Baptist in San Diego, California. Here is what happened in March Madness.

Kevin Mays served as an assistant coach at Cal State Bakersfield, but the men’s college basketball program didn’t realize his other unsavory business. Local police allege that the California school’s basketball team was rocked by Mays’ criminal behavior,

The Cal State East Bay Pioneers' historic season continues! They remain undefeated at 32-0 after rallying from behind to beat Cal State Dominguez Hills and advance to the NCAA Division 2 Sweet 16.

The Cal women rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Santa Clara in a WBIT game, while Stanford and USF won their WBIT and WNIT openers, respectively.