OKLAHOMA CITY – In their 110th season, the Bucknell Bison finally won their first NCAA tournament game. And, wow, what a victory it was.

Chris McNaughton banked in a hook shot over Wayne Simien with 10.5 seconds left, then Simien missed an open 15-foot jumper at the buzzer, giving the 14th-seeded Bison a stunning 64-63 victory over third-seeded Kansas on Friday night to shake up the Syracuse Regional.

Bucknell (23-9) began playing basketball in 1896, joining Yale and Minnesota as the nation’s oldest Division I programs. But the only other times the Bison even made the NCAA field were 1987, when they lost by 22 to Georgetown, and 89, when they lost by 23 to Syracuse.

Now they’re the first No. 14 seed to win since Weber State beat North Carolina in 1999, and they ended the title hopes of Kansas, the preseason No. 1. This also is the first tournament win by a team from the Patriot League.

The Jayhawks (23-7) ended a streak of 15 straight first-round tournament wins and 21 in a row overall. Although they had their share of scares along the way, including one by Utah State in Oklahoma City just two years ago, this was their first opening-round exit since being eliminated by UCLA in 1978.

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