The two teams that resembled Cinderella both fell Saturday night. VCU fought hard in the first half, but Illinois jumped out quickly in the second half, and this time, there would be no magically large come-back for the Rams.

The last game of the evening was closer. With about 5 minutes left in the game, Arkansas’s Darius Acuff Jr hit a three-pointer to give the Razorbacks a 7 point lead – very similar to the deficit High Point faced on Thursday to Wisconsin. And we know there was a ton of heart on this team.

High Point’s Rob Martin would quickly go to work, and with 3 1/2 minutes to go, he would drive past his man and quickly head to the basket, hitting a layup that gave him 30 points for the evening.

But just as Martin was putting his team on his back and trying to will them to a victory, Arkansas had Darius Acuff Jr. He would drive back to the hoop to hit a layup and give Arkansas the lead back. Then, after a defensive stop, Acuff drove the lane again and hit a pretty fingertip roll to extend the lead to 4.

This time, Terry Anderson would try to drive the lane, but the Razorbacks’ Billy Richmond Jr was there to block the shot. Of course, that meant Arkansas got the ball into Acuff’s hands. And with the shot clock ticking down, Acuff looked like he was going to drive to the hoop again, and as the High Point defender stepped back into the lane, Acuff stopped, took a step back, and drilled a deep three-pointer to give Arkansas a 7 point lead.

High Point would continue to try to desperately come back, including a crazy deep three pointer around the logo by Braden Hausen. But the lead was too big, and the clock struck midnight on Cinderella. Arkansas had survived and advanced.