NCAA Tournament: RIT edges Denver; Badgers' PP sinks Vermont

In which we recap the day's events in the NCAA tournament.Jared DeMichiel had to feel like it wasn't going to last.The heavily-favored Denver Pioneers had him under siege pretty much from the start of the game. It probably was only a matter of time before one of the many shots the Pios had put on net finally snuck through.RIT had gone up a goal just 5:02 into the game thanks to a sleepy Denver start and a nasty shot from Chris Granev, but a lead like that, against the No. 2 team in the country never seemed like it could last. And indeed, the Pioneers, led by the dynamic play of Rhett Rahkshani, Joe Colborne and Tyler Ruegsegger, were pressuring hard.He had to be perfect.And for 54:34, he was. He was so good, in fact, that he stopped 39 of 40 shots and helped the Tigers to a positively shocking 2-1 win in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Denver put 11 shots on goal in the first period, 15 in the second, and 14 in the third. DeMichiel survived two-on-ones, three-on-twos...