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Old School Meets New School
The total in the game between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Virginia Cavaliers is all you need to look at to know just how interesting their matchup is in the Sweet 16. The number of 142 is the lowest in a game this year for ISU, and it's the second-highest total UVA has been up against....
A pair of really thin teams who have looked awfully beatable at times in March will be on the court together in the Sweet 16.The Duke Blue Devils have had a favorable run to get to this point, and they'll have some help once again when they take on the Oregon Ducks....
Sunday's comeback for the Texas A&M Aggies to knock Northern Iowa out of the NCAA Tournament will be talked about forever in College Station. However, none of it will mean a heck of a lot unless the Aggies can take down the Oklahoma Sooners in the Sweet 16 on Thursday night....
Even though the South Region has been a tremendous gauntlet thus far, many believe this is still a wide open bracket for the lower-seeded teams because of the lack of wins in the dance Bill Self and Jay Wright have. Self will hope that his Kansas Jayhawks aren't bothered by the weight of playing in the Sweet 16 when they take on the No. 5 seed in the region, the Maryland Terrapins....
It's tough to say that a No. 2 seed has exceeded expectations by reaching the Sweet 16, but many figured that the Villanova Wildcats were in a world of trouble when the brackets came out just knowing how bad their tourney history is. After two blowout victories though, the Cats are on their way to Louisville for the regional semifinals, and they're relatively big favorites over the Miami Hurricanes....
Oregon survived a scare from St. Joseph’s in the Round of 32 before gutting out a tough win at the end. Now the Ducks have to face a much tougher opponent in the reigning national champion Duke Blue Devils in the Sweet Sixteen....
The Texas A&M Aggies used one of the best runs of the NCAA Tournament to knock Northern Iowa out of the dance. They know they'll have to be better if they want to keep playing on into the weekend, as they have a very tough task ahead against the Oklahoma Sooners in what has suddenly become a wide open West Region....
The Kansas Jayhawks are showing why they were the top overall ranked seed coming into the NCAA Tournament after barely being threatened in double digit wins against Austin Peay and Connecticut. Now the Jayhawks will get a test from an extremely talented Maryland Terrapins squad looking to live up to their lofty preseason ranking....
The South Region is proving to be a tremendous gauntlet for the teams at the top of the bracket. That said, on the bottom half of the bracket, both the Miami Hurricanes and the Villanova Wildcats have had a relatively easy road to reach the Sweet 16, though only one will get into the Elite 8....
At the time of their opening round win, the Hawaii Warriors were the highest seed to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. They're basically a footnote at this point after a wild afternoon and evening on Friday, but they're still an awfully dangerous No. 13 seed going against the Maryland Terrapins in the Round of 32....
Northern Iowa has demonstrated throughout the season that it’s capable of knocking off top teams. The Panthers put another notch on their belt with Friday’s first round win over Texas, to go along with victories over North Carolina, Iowa State and Wichita State. Add in that the Panthers have won 13 of their last 14 games and they could be a trendy pick to advance to the Sweet 16....
Oklahoma encountered its share of stumbles down the stretch to the NCAA Tournament, but coach Lon Kruger and his group of veterans is poised to make a deep run in March if everything clicks. VCU also is an experienced club and won’t be scared away by the Big 12 big boys, especially considering the number of upsets we’ve seen so far in the tournament....
Carrying the torch for the underachieving Pac-12, No. 1 seed Oregon showed no nerves playing as a top seed and rolled past No. 16 Holy Cross 91-52 in Friday’s first round matchup. The Ducks have plenty of talent and depth and are a serious contender for a trip to Houston in two weeks....
Middle Tennessee State pulled off what may go down as the greatest upset in tournament history when it knocked off the Michigan State Spartans on Friday. Sparty was considered one of the two or three most likely teams to win the NCAA Tournament and this game wasn't supposed to give the Spartans too much trouble. MTSU dominated this one for its entirety though and controlled the pace to pull off the upset. Now the Blue Raiders will take on the Syracuse Orange to see which team will make the Sweet Sixteen....
The South Region really still looks like a tremendous gauntlet for the eight surviving teams.On Sunday, the 2-seeded Villanova Wildcats will look to take care of business against the Iowa Hawkeyes....
The Wisconsin Badgers had to play big boy basketball to take care of Pittsburgh on Friday night, but they're going to need to lace up their boots once again on Sunday in what might very well turn into an all-out war against the Xavier Musketeers....
If you didn't get a chance to see the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks, make sure you get a load of them on Sunday night against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the battle to go to the Sweet 16....
Virginia survived a bit of an unusual scare when head coach Tony Bennett collapsed of dehydration in the first round of its game against Hampton. Thankfully, Bennett was fine and returned in the second half as the Cavaliers easily rolled Hampton. Now Virginia has a much stiffer test when it takes on the always upset-minded Butler Bulldogs....
The Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans pulled off one of the first upsets in March Madness by knocking off the Purdue Boilermakers on Thursday. Now the question is whether or not the slipper still fits and they will be able to knock off the Iowa State Cyclones to make the Sweet Sixteen....
In a first-round David vs. Goliath matchup, Duke was able to squeeze by UNC Wilmington, but failed to cover the 10-point line in a 93-85 victory. That Yale managed to upset fifth-seeded Baylor on Thursday in the midst of a scandal is a testament to the Bulldogs’ focus and resilience. It’s DvG II when the teams meet Saturday with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line....
Two of the best big men in the entire country are Jakob Poeltl and Domantas Sabonis. College basketball fans will get a chance to see these two bang in the paint for a full 40 minutes and perhaps beyond when the Utah Utes and the Gonzaga Bulldogs go to war for the right to get to the Sweet 16 in the Midwest Region....
The real test of a team which had to play in the First Four isn't so much the first game of the main portion of the NCAA Tournament. It's that second game which often trips teams up. The Wichita State Shockers are playing their third game in five nights, and they're stuck with the early game on Saturday after playing the latest game on Thursday. The Miami Hurricanes will have a huge advantage from a rest standpoint in this one....
Neither the Indiana Hoosiers nor the Kentucky Wildcats were overly happy with their seeds for the NCAA Tournament, and both played angry basketball in blowouts over inferior foes on Thursday night. Now, we've got our dream matchup in the Round of 32 between two of the true bluebloods of the sport....
In his press conference just prior to the start of the NCAA Tournament, Connecticut Huskies coach Kevin Ollie stated, "This is what we do at UConn." We've all seen this story before. The Huskies were on the bubble heading into their conference tournament. They went ahead and won the AAC. Now, they're on the verge of the Sweet 16 and could be just starting a massive run once again....
The Providence Friars probably won the most dramatic of all of the games on Thursday, as Rodney Bullock hit the game-winning shot with 1.5 seconds left to beat USC. They're going to have to dig deep if they want a shot against the top seed in the East Region, the North Carolina Tar Heels....
