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It was Black Thursday for the Big 12 Conference, which had two of its No. 3 seeds, Iowa State and Baylor, lose one-point games to No. 14 seeds Alabama-Birmingham and Georgia State. Also, No. 11 seed Texas lost to Butler.
Charity-stripe woes. Baylor and No. 9 seed Purdue both missed crucial free throws in the closing minute of regulation that cost them dearly in second-round losses.
Lone Star letdown. All five teams in the tournament from Texas — Texas Southern, SMU, Baylor, Texas and Stephen F. Austin — lost Thursday. Denver Post wire services
