NCAA, Madness and The Sweet 16
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The Trojans star tore her ACL and is out for the rest of the tournament. Saturday's action begins with No. 2 seed TCU taking on No. 3 seed Notre Dame at 1 p.m. ET on ABC. That game will be followed by Texas facing No.
The Sweet 16 has begun, and the biggest question right now is how USC can survive tougher competition without star guard JuJu Watkins. The sophomore left the court after injuring her right leg against Mississippi Sate, and tests revealed an ACL tear in her right knee.
Statesman staff completed it's NCAA women's tournament brackets. But how many got the right picks for the Sweet 16?
NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 tips on Thursday. Seven SEC teams are part of the 2025 March Madness Sweet 16, including Kentucky and Tennessee. The two longtime SEC rivals will face off with a trip to the Elite Eight on the line on Friday at 7:39 p.
The 2025 Men’s March Madness tournament is taking place in several exciting cities, including Seattle, Lexington, Ky., Providence, R.I., and San Francisco. See below to find out the venues and host cities for each round.
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Here’s the bracket for the women’s NCAA tournament: Every game of the women’s tournament will be aired — here is a schedule — on ESPN’s networks and streaming services with select games on ABC. The top four betting favorites as Sweet 16 week arrives are (in order): UConn, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.
Last year, there were only four brackets that remained perfect after the first two rounds of the women’s tournament.
This year's Sweet 16 features no mid-majors — a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985 — with the SEC (a record-seven teams) and Big Ten (four) dominating the field. There are only four conferences with teams playing in the round and that's the fewest in NCAA Tournament history.
Nothing like a conference rivalry matchup to instantly turn up the heat in the Sweet 16. Duke and UNC split their two games this season, each winning at home. The Tar Heels’ victory was a low-scoring overtime affair, 53-46, as only two of the 20 total players reached double figures.