Gonzaga University has played the spoiler in St. John's University back in the national competition of male college basketball after an absence of nine years.

Gonzaga, seeded 11 in the southeast region, defeated sixth-seeded St. John's 86-71 in the last three disturbances yesterday in Denver, where No. 13 Morehead State 62-61 and Louisville upset No. 12 Richmond ousted Vanderbilt 69-66

"They had a very good year," Gonzaga coach Mark Few of San Juan. "But I could not be happier for our guys to go get another chance to play again."

University of Kentucky coach John Calipari heaved a sigh of relief after his Wildcats escaped with a 59-57 victory at Princeton University yesterday in Tampa, Fla., to avoid losses more upset in a record 51 trips to the tournament National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Thirteen of the 16 games won yesterday's favorites such as double-digit victory in Pittsburgh, Florida, San Diego State, Brigham Young, Connecticut and Wisconsin.

Morehead State pulled off the upset first major tournament as 10 1/2-point underdog. Morehead, Kentucky school maybe twice the sample and the Southwest Regional No 4 seed Louisville is a 3-pointer 4.2 seconds left.

Big East Record

Gonzaga top the day playing in St. John's, a record 11 teams in the tournament in the Big East. The Spokane, Bulldog, based in Washington, which makes its appearance on 13 consecutive NCAA tournament, had a lead of 41 to 18 rebounds and hit 54 percent of his shots.

Gonzaga advances to play Brigham Young, the No. 3 seed in the Southeast, which beat Wofford 74-66 behind a 32 - point performance by Jimmer Fredette, top scorer in the nation.

"I'm excited, we can not live another day," Fredette said after striking 10:25 strokes.

Pittsburgh was the No. 1 seed only regional activities yesterday, beating the University of North Carolina-Asheville 74-51 Southeast Regional. The other three seeded teams will start the tournament today, after 16 games have been designed.

Ohio State, the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Region, met in Texas, San Antonio at Cleveland, and South-West-seeded Kansas plays Boston University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Defending champion Duke, the best team in the West, will meet with Hampton University in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Butler advances

Butler University, which lost to Duke in the game last year NCAA championship tournament, advanced yesterday with a 60-58 victory over Old Dominion on Matt Howard layup as time expired. Eighth-seeded Butler faces Pittsburgh next.

Seventh-seeded Temple University has also won at the last second, beating 10th-seeded Penn State 66-64 in a contested jump shot by Juan Fernandez with 0.4 seconds on the clock.

The Owls move to a clash with No. 2 San Diego State, which beat Northern Colorado 68-50 in Tucson, Arizona, for the first victory in school history.

Florida, routed No. 2 seed South California, Santa Barbara, 79-51, and UCLA will be No. 7, which held off No. 10 Michigan State 78-76 in Tampa.

Southeast No. 4 seed Wisconsin beat Belmont 72-58 in Tucson and next plays No. 5 Kansas State, 73-68 winner against Utah State.

Huskies cruise

Big East tournament champion Connecticut, third-seeded West, rolled past Bucknell 81-52 in Washington as Kembo Walker had 18 points and 12 assists. Huskies, which are open 16-1 tournament since 1990, previously played in Cincinnati, which beat Missouri 78-63. 29-point margin of victory in Connecticut was the biggest match of yesterday.

"I do not think it would be so easy, especially when I'm back to my hotel room looks like all games, even disturbing," said Alex Oriakhi Connecticut, who scored nine points. "I was a little nervous to be honest. I'm just glad we took it out and we won a lot. "

Kentucky has struggled in recent Princeton Brandon Knight driving position with two seconds left and the next game in West Virginia, which has collected and 84-76 Clemson victory.

Darius Miller scored 17 points and Josh Harrellson added 15 as Kentucky overcame a deficit in half by five points against the second representative of the Ivy League tournament.

Although Princeton has stalled, Morehead State victory means a seed has now won 13 in 20 of the last 27 NCAA tournaments.

Thank you to Richmond No. 12 seed from at least one disruption of 21 of the last 23 tournaments. Morehead State and Richmond will play in the next round.

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