JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
The opening round of the March Madness began today and boy was it thrilling! Especially for Jacksonville, one of the host cities of the tournament. Jacksonville featured four games of the tournament. #5 Arkansas vs #12 Wofford, #4 North Carolina vs #13 Harvard, #6 Xavier vs #11 Ole Miss and #3 Baylor vs #14 Georgia State. Out of all the host cities in the tournament, J-Ville had the most games with the closest finishes. Louisville hosted two games that ended with a one point differential, but Jacksonville had four games that ended wit ha point differential less than 10 points.
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Xavier took care of business against Ole Miss 76-57, but the other three games went all the way to the final buzzer. North Carolina escaped Harvard 67-65 in which Assistant Coach.. I mean Head Coach Roy Williams said his team was ” lucky” to win the game. Arkansas came from behind to defeat Wofford 56-53 in which Wofford missed two potential game tying three pointers at the end of the game. But one of the biggest upsets of the tournament featured Georgia State defeating Baylor 57-56 in which Ron Hunter Jr hit a three pointer leaving just a tenth of a second left on the clock. Head Coach Ron Hunter who is the father of Ron Hunter Jr was so captivated by the moment that he fell out of his chair after the big shot. He would say after the game.. “There are a lot of coaches that get to the (Round of 32) or the Final Four, but when you get to do it with your son and you can watch your son hit a half court shot, I can’t tell you how I feel inside,” Hunter said. “It’s unbelievable. I wish every dad in America could have that opportunity, what I just experienced with my son.”
