Robert Morris’ Amarion Dickerson came into the NCAA Tournament known as one of the nation’s best shot blockers after being chosen the Horizon League’s Defensive Player of the Year.

Alabama escaped Rocket Arena in Cleveland on Friday with a win over Robert Morris, but it was tougher than most expected it would be.

And Drake over Missouri. It suffered some setbacks, too — we’re looking at you, VCU and UCSD. But Slingshot isn’t one to dwell in the past. Instead, let’s turn its attention to Saturday’s second-round games that meet the Bracket Breakers’s upset qualification of at least a five-seed difference.

The Drake Bulldogs pulled off an upset Thursday night, toppling the No. 6 seed Missouri Tigers. Bulldogs guard Bennett Stirtz scored 21 points and Tavion Banks put up 15 points of his own while pulling down nine boards as the Bulldogs held on after nearly letting a 15-point lead slip away.

McNeese coach Will Wade and his boom box-toting manager are moving on in March Madness after the 12th-seeded Cowboys held off No. 5 seed Clemson on Thursday in the first bracket buster of the NCAA tournament.

Walking into Thursday’s game, McNeese State basketball team manager Amir Khan did his best Shedeur Sanders impression. The iced-out chains and watches might’ve led to an upset win against Clemson. Either way,

Coach Buzz Williams earned his second March Madness win in six years at College Station. A&M’s next game is Saturday against Michigan or UC San Diego.