By any account, the Cougars are as good as they come, with back-to-back Big 12 titles, a suffocating defense, and a national coach of the candidate in Kelvin Sampson.

Three of the four first-round games Tuesday saw seed-line upsets, with Cincinnati bumping No. 12 Oklahoma State, No. 16 Colorado storming past No. 9 TCU, and No. 14 UCF eliminating No. 11 Utah in the ...