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Tournament Challenge: Kansas State rose above other No. 9 and 10 seeds

Here are some takeaways from Friday's early-evening action:

  • After 28 games, just 24 of our 17.3 million brackets remain perfect.

  • Fewer brackets had No. 9 Kansas State (43.5 percent) making the Round of 32 than all the other 9-seeds and 10-seeds.

  • Will No. 9 K-State make it to the Sweet 16 now? Only 4.1 percent of brackets say yes -- less than all other No. 9s, No. 10s, No. 11s and No. 12s New Mexico State, Davidson and Murray State.

  • 87 percent of brackets correctly had No. 4 Auburn beating No. 13 Charleston -- and 50 percent sent the Tigers to the Sweet 16. They’ll have to beat the winner of tonight’s Clemson-New Mexico State tilt to get there.

Here is the percentage who correctly picked each game:

  • No. 4 Auburn (87 percent) over No. 13 Charleston

  • No. 9 Kansas State (43.5 percent) over No. 8 Creighton

  • No. 3 Michigan State (93.9 percent) over Bucknell

  • No. 1 Xavier (96.7 percent) over Texas Southern

  • (Earlier games)

  • No. 7 Nevada (46.2 percent) over No. 10 Texas

  • No. 5 West Virginia (82.6 percent) over No. 12 Murray State

  • No. 10 Butler (58.0 percent) over No. 7 Arkansas

  • No. 2 UNC (95.9 percent) over No. 15 Lipscomb

  • No. 2 Cincinnati (92.9 percent) over No. 15 Georgia State

  • No. 13 Marshall (13.5 percent) over No. 4 Wichita State

  • No. 2 Purdue (95.7 percent) over No. 15 CS Fullerton

  • No. 7 Texas A&M (50.8 percent) over No. 10 Providence