1.   As many as two new teams could reach the Final Four if N.C.State scores a second straight upset, this time over UConn in the East finals in Dayton.

2.   Newly promoted Rayo Vallecano scored its second consecutive upset in the Primera Division.

3.   Still, the odds against McCall, both in this fight and in life, are too long to expect a second upset.

4.   Thursday afternoon, the ascent of Manhattan and the leveling off of Oklahoma converged at the Pyramid and produced the second major upset of a young tournament.

5.   USC, meanwhile, was denied its second consecutive upset and departed Pauley Pavilion pondering an opportunity lost.

6.   By beating Gambill, the eighth-seeded Blake notched his second consecutive upset in as many days.

7.   For Kulti, it was his second upset in his hometown tournament.

8.   It was the second upset in two days by an American champion over an expected medalist.

9.   Peete knows he will have to do those same things against Dallas if the Eagles want their second upset in as many weeks.

10.   Thomas Enqvist, ranked sixth in the world, barely avoided becoming the second big upset of the day.