No. 14 Oakland stuns No. 3 Kentucky behind stellar performance by Division II transfer

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No. 14 Oakland pulled off the biggest upset so far in the men's NCAA Tournament with an 80-76 win over No. 3 Kentucky Thursday.

The Golden Grizzlies led by seven with eight minutes to go, their largest lead of the night.

But the Wildcats were quickly able to cut it to two. After a foul on a 3-pointer, red-hot Jack Gohlke (more on him soon) knocked down two of three from the free throw line, putting Oakland up six with less than 3½ minutes left.

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Jack Gohlke of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies reacts after hitting a 3-pointer against the Kentucky Wildcats during the first half in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at PPG Paints Arena March 21, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

With less than 90 seconds to go, Kentucky had a chance to take the lead, but the Wildcats turned it over, and DQ Cole hit two free throws after getting fouled, putting Oakland back up four. 

Rob Dillingham made a wild three for the Wildcats, making it a one-point game, but Cole answered with just as crazy of a corner three himself to put the Grizzlies up 78-74 with 37 seconds left.

Kentucky's Reed Sheppard missed a three, continuing his cold night, and Oakland's Trey Townsend made one of his two free throws to go up five. Kentucky made a layup to make it a three-point deficit with 3.9 ticks to go, but Townsend again went 1-for-2 from the line after a necessary foul, all but icing the game.

The name of the game was 3-point shooting. Oakland went 15-for-31, while Kentucky was just 9-for-27. Oakland was pitiful from the free-throw line, missing six of its first nine. Oakland did hit 10 of its final