TAMPA, Fla. – Privately, some Siena players wondered in recent days if their counterparts on the Vanderbilt roster knew any of their names.

If the Commodores didn’t, they surely do now.

Kenny Hasbrouck and Tay Fisher personally saw to that, and the Saints have another colossal upset to add to their tiny school’s NCAA tournament legacy.

Hasbrouck scored 30 points, Fisher added 19 on 6-for-6 shooting from 3-point range, and 13th-seeded Siena stunned No. 4 Vanderbilt 83-62 Friday night in the first round of the Midwest Regional. The Saints (23-10) never trailed, became the first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference team to reach the second round since Manhattan in 2004, and will play either Villanova or Clemson on Sunday.

Until now, Siena’s program was best-known for a first-round upset of Stanford in 1989 – a 14 seed over a 3. This one might have been just as shocking, considering it came against a Southeastern Conference team in Vanderbilt that reached the round of 16 last year and had aspirations of doing at least that much this year.

Arkansas 86, Indiana 72

RALEIGH, N.C. – Sonny Weems kept shooting, and Darian Townes was there to clean up when he missed. The pair helped Arkansas finally earn a second game in the NCAA tournament while bringing a swift end to Indiana’s tumultuous season.

Weems scored a career-high 31 points, Townes added 17 points and 12 rebounds and the ninth-seeded Razorbacks beat eighth-seeded Indiana 86-72 on Friday night in the first round of the East Regional.

Weems hit 12 of 14 shots for Arkansas (23-11), which shot 54 percent and snapped a five-game losing streak in NCAA tournament games dating back to a first-round victory against Siena in 1999.

Tennessee 72, American 57

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – JaJuan Smith and Tennessee almost got their wake-up call too late.

Outhustled almost the entire game, the second-seeded Volunteers found their touch at the end and avoided a massive upset, breaking away from American 72-57 Friday in the first round of the East Regional.

Ahead 53-51 with 5:45 left, Tennessee (30-4) escaped from a team making its NCAA tournament debut. The Vols held the 15th-seeded Eagles to only one basket the rest of the way.

Texas 74, Austin Peay 54

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Take a Longhorn or two off the floor, and it still wouldn’t have been a fair fight.

A.J. Abrams scored 26 points for Texas, and he, Connor Atchley and Dexter Pittman nearly outscored Austin Peay on their own Friday in a 74-54 rout of the Governors in the first round of the South Regional. Abrams scored 18 on 6-of-10 shooting from 3-point range, Atchley added 12 and Pittman 11 for the Longhorns.

Davidson 82, Gonzaga 76

RALEIGH, N.C. – It took 39 years, but Davidson is back as a player in the NCAA tournament, thanks to a dynamic guard with a magic touch that none of the big schools wanted.

Stephen Curry scored 30 of his 40 points in the second half and hit the tie-breaking 3-pointer with just over a minute left to lead Davidson to an 82-76 win over Gonzaga on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

North Carolina 113, Mount St. Mary’s 74

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina played every bit like the top overall seed to start the NCAA tournament.

Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson each had 21 points Friday night to help the Tar Heels cruise by Mount St. Mary’s 113-74 in the first round of the East Regional, a game that quickly turned into a crowd-pleasing romp for the thousands of blue-clad fans who filled an arena located a short drive from the Chapel Hill campus.

Wayne Ellington added 16 points for the Tar Heels (33-2), who have won 12 straight and continued their near-perfect run in NCAA games played in their home state. North Carolina improved to 22-1 in those games and advanced to Sunday’s second round to face the Arkansas-Indiana winner.

Mississippi State 76, Oregon 69

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Charles Rhodes kept Mississippi State in the game. When his teammates finally started helping, the Bulldogs rallied past Oregon.

And it didn’t hurt that the Ducks suddenly lost their shooting touch.

Rhodes scored a career-high 34 points and the eighth-seeded Bulldogs came back from a 13-point second-half deficit for a 76-69 victory over ninth-seeded Oregon on Friday night.

Oklahoma 72, St. Joseph’s 64

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Oklahoma Sooners celebrated their return to the postseason with a gutsy win, thanks to an improbable hero.

David Godbold scored a career-high 25 points, including the Sooners’ first 11 of the second half, and they survived a late rally for a 72-64 win over Saint Joseph’s on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Miami 78, Saint Mary’s 64

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The NCAA tournament’s visit to Arkansas began with a great performance by McClinton.

Jack McClinton scored a career-high 38 points – 32 during a brilliant second half – and seventh-seeded Miami rallied for a 78-64 win over 10th-seeded Saint Mary’s in the first round of the South Regional on Friday.

The Hurricanes trailed 32-27 at intermission, but McClinton was beginning to assert himself. Just before halftime, he drove easily toward the basket a couple times. That, apparently, was just a warning.

Butler 81, South Alabama 61

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Maybe it’s time to start noticing Butler.

Discounted by the selection committee, the Bulldogs opened the NCAA tournament with yet another win, beating South Alabama 81-61 Friday in the first round of the East Regional.

Pete Campbell scored 26 points and hit eight 3-pointers, including a last-second shot at the halftime buzzer that sent Butler sprinting off the court and the Jaguars hanging their heads.

Georgetown 66, UMBC 47

RALEIGH, N.C. – Roy Hibbert spun past the Maryland-Baltimore County defender and hit a reverse layup. On the next possession, Georgetown’s giant kept tipping the ball out of the Retrievers’ reach before scoring again.

Hibbert went over and around undersized UMBC all day, finishing with 13 points to lead the second-seeded Hoyas past the 15th-seeded Retrievers, 66-47 on Friday in the first round of the Midwest Regional.

Western Kentucky 101, Drake 99

TAMPA, Fla. – It was the shot of his life, and the shot of the tournament.

Ty Rogers hit a long 3-pointer with three defenders in his face and no time on the clock, and 12th-seeded Western Kentucky stunned Drake 101-99 in overtime Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament’s West Regional.

Louisville 79, Boise State 61

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A scramble, a steal and suddenly Louisville had a three-on-none break that Derrick Caracter finished off with a vicious dunk.

Coach Rick Pitino and his team turned this into a one-sided affair from the start, overwhelming Boise State 79-61 Friday night in the first round of the East Regional.

The third-seeded Cardinals rushed to a 10-1 lead and Caracter’s slam made it 42-26 late in the first half. Leading scorer David Padgett didn’t even take a shot before the break and Louisville still breezed, helped by a dozen 3-pointers.

Coming off a disappointing one-and-done performance in the Big East tournament, the Cardinals (25-8) punctuated the rout with several late jams. They next play Sunday against Oklahoma, a 72-64 winner over Saint Joseph’s.

Boise State put itself on the national sports map – in football, that is – by beating Oklahoma in a triple-overtime thriller at the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. These 14th-seeded Broncos missed a chance to shock the Sooners in hoops, too.

Earl Clark scored 15 points and Juan Palacios had 13. Many Cardinals fans made the five-hour drive and filled in the upper deck at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, which had thousands of empty seats for the three earlier games.