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Following No. 1 seed Purdue University’s shocking first round loss to No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson University, 63-58 on Friday, the college basketball world is possibly in the presence of a shift. After one of the greatest David versus Goliath stories in sports history, the question remains: Is this a trend?

Usually the NCAA Tournament is no vacation for a team. However, for No. 3-seeded Baylor men’s basketball head coach Scott Drew and his younger brother Bryce Drew, the head coach of 14th-seed Grand Canyon University, they’re having a big time family reunion in Denver for the round of 64.

Two-seed Baylor men’s tennis earned a spot in the NCAA Round of 16 for the 14th-straight year after sweeping both No. 29 LSU and unranked Bryant in the regional championships Friday and Saturday in Waco. Eight-seed Baylor women’s tennis edged Rice 4-2 after a grueling three-and-a-half-hour match.

The No. 5 Lady Bears easily handled 15-seed Northwestern State Friday afternoon at the Ferrell Center by a score of 77-36. Baylor switched on the cruise control after jumping out to an early double-digit lead over the Lady Demons.