No. 6 seed Creighton is averaging 81 points per tourney game. It's held opponents to an average of 58 points in three NCAA tournament wins over no. 12 Charleston, no. 13 Furman and no. 1 Alabama.
Darling Furman had 13 points, Lamont Butler added 12 and leading scorer Matt Bradley finished with 10. The Aztecs have won 11 of their past 13 games and will play either Alabama or Maryland next week in the south region semifinals in Louisville, Kentucky.
The first round of the 2023 tournament got off to an incredible start. It followed 13-seed Furman's win over 4-seed Virginia. The other 4-13 matchup of the day went down to the wire.
Only 0.06% of brackets made through Yahoo Sports were still perfect. By the end of the day, only 23 perfect brackets picked all 16 games correctly. Only 42% of Yahoo brackets had No. 8 Maryland beating No. 9 West Virginia.
The Paladins (28-7) advanced to the second round in the south region. They will play either fifth-seeded San Diego State or 12th-sead Charleston on Saturday.
No. 13 Furman went on an improbable run late to upset no. 4 Virginia, 68-67. The Paladins went on a 19-4 run to take a 3-point lead. A wild, errant Cavalier pass was intercepted by Garrett Hien.
Harvard economist Jason Furman says he thinks a "soft landing" is possible, but doesn't think it's the most probable outcome for next year. Furman has become increasingly pessimistic about the prospects of the U.S. Economy since June, when he argued that there was less than a 50% chance of a recession. He argues that inflation could be difficult to bring inflation back to the Fed’s 2% target rate in 2023.
