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By Tim Capurso
The historically chalky women's NCAA tournament has been, well, not quite as chalky so far, as the tourney has its first Cinderella in years in Virginia—the first team to go from the First Four to the Sweet 16 in women's March Madness history. There have been upsets—No. 6 Notre Dame over No. 3 Ohio State—and enough near upsets to create a sense that we have an especially competitive Sweet 16 on our hands. So now that we have a full field of 16 teams, let's see how they stack up against each other based on how they've performed in two rounds of tournament play. Let's reseed the women's Sweet 16. |
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Men's Schedule Key Sweet 16 Matchups Thursday's Games No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 1 Arizona, 9:45 p.m. ET, (CBS) No. 3 Illinois vs. No. 2 Houston, 10:05 p.m. ET, TBS Friday's Games No. 5 St. John's vs. No. 1 Duke, 7:10 p.m. CBS No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 2 UConn, 9:45 p.m. CBS | | Women's Schedule
Key Sweet 16 Matchups Friday's Games No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt, 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN No. 3 Duke vs. No. 2 LSU, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN Saturday's Key Games No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 1 South Carolina, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN No. 10 Virginia vs. No. 3 TCU, 7:30 p.m., ESPN |
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By Zach Koons And then there were 16. We're through the first weekend of men's March Madness and the field of 68 has been trimmed down significantly—and only the best of the best remain. There wasn't much room for chaos this year, in line with what we saw from the top teams in college basketball all season long, and still No. 9 Iowa and No. 11 Texas managed to slip their way into the Sweet 16. Final four contenders like No. 1 Florida got sent packing, which made Sports Illustrated think a bit differently about the way the Sweet 16 stacks up. It's also time for a set of game rankings, this time for the eight matchups left on the men's side. Once again, our second-round rankings were a bit hit or miss. Iowa's upset of Florida was put as the 16th game on the list, so a sincere apology to all of the Hawkeyes fans who read that and would now like to say, "I told you so." Arkansas–High Point and St. John's–Kansas were No. 1 and No. 2 on the list, respectively, so at least we're doing something right. Without further ado, here are SI's Sweet 16 game rankings: |
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