Four games were played in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's West Regional, all played at Salt Lake City, Utah:
In the opening contest at Engery Solutions Arena, Malcolm Armstead scored 22 points while Cleanthony Early came off the bench to add 21 as the ninth-seeded Wichita State Shockers (27-8) defeated the eighth-seeded Pittsburgh Panthers (24-9) 73-55.
In the second contest, Kelly Olynyk scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the top-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs (32-2) suvived a major scare from the sixteenth-seeded Southern Jaguars (23-10) 64-58. Derick Beltran scored 20 points to pace the game Jaguars.
Mark Lyons scored 23 points as sixth-seeded Arizona (26-7) defeated eleventh-seeded Belmont (26-7) 81-64, despite 22 points from the Bruins' Kerron Johnson.
In the Thursday finale, Wesley Sauders scored 18 points as fourteenth-seeded Harvard (20-9) shocked third-seeded New Mexico (29-6) 68-62. In this, their third NCAA Tourney appearance, this was the first game the Crimson have ever won.
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