March Madness 2026: The Best and Worst from Day 3
The third day of the tournament delivered in a big way.
Nebraska's Cale Jacobsen (31) reacts afer the final shot during a second-round game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament between Nebraska Cornhuskers and Vanderbilt Commodores at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Saturday March 21, 2026. | SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Saturday gave us three absolute thrillers and nearly one of the greatest March Madness moments of all-time. Let’s get to it.
March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 3 1. (4) Nebraska 74, (5) Vanderbilt 72 (South) Nebraska-Vandy wasn’t just the best second round game of Saturday, it was one of the best second round games the tournament has ever seen. Playing in front of what seemed like 75,000 Go Big Red fans, the Cornhuskers and Commodores put on a shot-making show for the ages in the second half, one which came tantalizingly close to giving us one of the all-time buzzer-beaters in March Madness history.
The two teams — who both seemed incapable of missing for long stretches of the second half — traded the lead four times over the game’s final two minutes. Nebraska seized the advantage for the final time with 2. 2 seconds remaining when Pryce Sandfort, the team’s leading scorer, passed up the opportunity to play hero in favor of finding teammate Braden Frager for a driving layup that sent Paycom Center into a frenzy.
OH. MY. GOODNESS.
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