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Notae, Arkansas Muscle Top Overall Seed Gonzaga Out of NCAAs

Arkansas forward Trey Wade (3) celebrates with forward Jaylin Williams, middle, and forward Kamani Johnson (20) during the second half of a college basketball game against Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament in San Francisco, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Arkansas forward Trey Wade (3) celebrates with forward Jaylin Williams, middle, and forward Kamani Johnson (20) during the second half of a college basketball game against Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament in San Francisco, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (JANIE McCAULEY)
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San Francisco (AP) -- For 40 frenzied minutes, JD Notae, Jaylin Williams and Arkansas played a maddening, muscular style on both ends that took Gonzaga out of its game — and right out of the NCAA Tournament far earlier than these Zags expected.

Notae scored 21 points despite missing 20 shots and the determined, fourth-seeded Razorbacks dashed the No. 1 overall seed Bulldogs' title hopes with a 74-68 win in the Sweet 16 on Thursday night.