US EditionHigh Point Stuns Wisconsin 83-82 in March Madness on Chase Johnston's First 2-Point Basket of Season
Chase Johnston, who had never made a 2-point shot all season, scored the game-winning layup as No. 12 High Point beat No. 5 Wisconsin 83-82 in NCAA Tournament's first round.
- Yesterday, No. 12 seed High Point upset No. 5 Wisconsin 83-82 at the Moda Center in Portland, with Chase Johnston's layup with 11.7 seconds left sealing the win.
- After trailing at halftime, High Point's second-half surge was fueled by Rob Martin and Chase Johnston, with Martin finishing with 23 points and 10 assists.
- Chase Johnston, High Point three-point specialist, finished with 14 points, four 3-pointers, and 4-of-6 from deep; Clayman said, 'We asked him to be more efficient'.
- The win gave High Point Panthers its first NCAA Tournament victory and extended their 15-game streak, ending more than 25 million perfect brackets; they face Arkansas or Hawaiʻi Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Portland.
- Analysis: High Point's NIL-era recruiting underpinned the upset as Sports Illustrated noted roster investments paid off on Thursday, while Flynn Clayman urged high-majors to schedule mid-majors, saying 'It looks pretty obvious to me that high-majors need to play mid-majors during the season'.
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The Toronto Star
From a campus steakhouse to a mock airplane cabin for students, High Point is no ordinary Cinderella
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — High Point's bracket-busting NCAA Tournament upset has put the spotlight on the private school in North Carolina that offers some unusual perks for its student body.
In defense of having a dumb thing to care about
High Point’s win over Wisconsin was the first upset of the season. (C. Morgan Engel)In February, approximately 59 percent of America’s full-time workers planned to put money in an office bracket pool. Not all of that 59 percent had watched a regular-season college basketball game in the past year or could name the coach of the team they’d picked to win …
Winnipeg Free Press
High Point looking for an encore after pulling off one March Madness upset
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PBS NewsHour
UpstractHigh Point's upset starts run of wins by double-digit seeds
The bid for a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket disappeared for more than 25 million people by mid-afternoon on Thursday, fueled by 12th-seeded High Point's first-round stunner over fifth-seeded Wisconsin.
March Madness Recap: High Point stuns Wisconsin 83-82
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
High Point Is A Deeply Weird School
A 12 seed upsetting a 5 seed is not the most unexpected NCAA tournament result, and yet it can still offer a chance to partake in one of March's most pleasurable traditions: learning about a school and program that 95 percent of viewers had never heard of prior to tip-off. Sometimes this process leads to charming discoveries (Florida Gulf Coast University's campus lake) and sometimes it doesn't (Oral Roberts University's whole deal). No. 12 High…
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