Written by DCist Contributor Brett Gellman. Brett had this post ready much, much earlier today, but we failed to get it posted on time. Apologies all around.

Yesterday’s first round NCAA action featured essentially every team from the area with Maryland, American, VCU, Radford, and Morgan State representing the DMV on Thursday.

Only one school, however, was able to advance to the second round as the 10th-seeded Maryland Terrapins (21-13) defeated the California Golden Bears (22-11) of the Pac-10 conference, 84-71, in Kansas City yesterday afternoon at the Sprint Center.

Maryland controlled the lead throughout the majority of the game, with the Terps’ experienced backcourt of Greivis Vasquez and Eric Hayes combining for nearly half of the team’s scoring output.

Dave Neal, the team’s lone senior, had another outstanding outing as the Terps’ undersized center netted 15 points along with an assist and steal.

Cal entered the contest as the nation’s top three-point shooting team, but the buckets just weren’t falling for the Golden Bears on Thursday. The team was only able to hit seven out of its 24 attempts behind the arc while committing 14 turnovers. Forward Theo Robertson led the team with 22 points, while guard Jerome Randle struggled shooting a below average 14 points.

Maryland now advances to the second round to face second-seeded Memphis tomorrow afternoon with a scheduled tipoff at 3:20 p.m.