The ultimate eight tickets within the NCAA men’s tournament Sweet 16 had been punched on Sunday and it’s going to be a Big Ten-heavy second weekend.
No. 2 seeds Purdue and Iowa State locked up their spots early within the day on Sunday with comparatively straightforward wins. No. 5 St. John’s joined them with a dramatic buzzer-beating layup by Dylan Darling to beat No. 4 Kansas. Then, after (*6*), No. 9 Iowa pulled off the upset of the day with a late 3-pointer by Alvaro Folgueiras. No. 1 Arizona and No. 2 UConn joined the others later, and No. 4 Alabama routed No. 5 Texas Tech.
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On Saturday, No. 1 seeds Duke and Michigan coasted alongside with No. 2 Houston and No. 3 Illinois. No. 3 seed Michigan State and No. 4 seeds Arkansas and Nebraska additionally notched wins. Then No. 11 Texas moved on to subsequent weekend with an upset of Gonzaga.
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It all provides as much as six Big Ten convention teams making the second weekend of the Big Dance. The league really has at the least one staff in every area, so there might hypothetically be an all-Big Ten discipline on the Final Four in Indianapolis, too.
But that’s getting forward of ourselves. We have our 16 teams, and the schedule is set for the next round.
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Here’s the way it all performed out within the NCAA tournament on Sunday:
March Madness scores, outcomes
FINAL — No. 2 Purdue 79, No. 7 MiamI 69
FINAL — (*16*)
FINAL — No. 5 St. John’s 67, No. 4 Kansas 65
FINAL — No. 6 Tennessee 79, No. 3 Virginia 72
FINAL — No. 9 Iowa 73, No. 1 Florida 72
FINAL — No. 1 Arizona 78, No. 9 Utah State 66
FINAL — No. 2 UConn 73, No. 7 UCLA 57
FINAL — No. 4 Alabama 90, No. 5 Texas Tech 65
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Latrell Wrightsell scores 24 to guide Bama to a blowout win.
The Crimson Tide transfer to the Sweet 16 to face No. 1 Michigan within the Midwest area.
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The East area in Washington, D.C. will embody a number of big-time coaches:
No. 1 Duke faces Rick Pitino and his No. 5 St. John’s squad at 7:10 p.m. on Friday
UConn (Dan Hurley) and Michigan State (Tom Izzo) sq. up on Friday at 9:45 p.m. ET.
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Since the final sport going is a blowout, check out the Sweet 16 schedule for subsequent week:
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The Tide have put this one away. They’ve made 18 of 37 3-pointers and Texas Tech has not.
Alabama 77, Texas Tech 49 | 7:47 to play
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The Red Raiders are on a 6-0 run as Alabama has gone chilly, however Bama nonetheless leads 63-45 with 11:55 to play. A protracted solution to go for Tech to get again on this.
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The Tide are comfortably forward after the opening stretch of the second half. Latrell Wrightsell Jr. has 6 factors within the half and 15 whole to guide Bama.
Alabama 58, Texas Tech 35, early 2nd
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The Bruins had been aggressive for the primary half-hour or so earlier than the Huskies overwhelmed them. You can’t assist however marvel if the outcome would have been totally different if UCLA star Tyler Bilodeau had been in a position to go well with up for this one.
Alex Karaban had a monster evening for UConn, scoring a game-high 27 factors. Tarris Reed Jr. had one other double-double with 10 factors and 13 boards.
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Moments earlier, with his staff trying a comeback, UCLA coach Mick Cronin drew a technical foul.
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The Huskies are up 12 with 1:36 left and Jayden Ross has fouled out with 11 factors.
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Now it’s the Huskies’ flip; they’re carving via the Bruins now. UCLA went chilly and hasn’t scored in additional than 3 minutes.
UConn 67, UCLA 54 | 4:18 left
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The Bruins have minimize the Huskies’ result in simply 4 factors with 7 minutes left within the sport. It’s a 10-2 run for UCLA.
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It appears to be like like our ultimate sport of the evening could be headed for a blowout. Aiden Sherrell leads Bama with 10 factors on 4 of 4 taking pictures. Tech is taking pictures 32% as a staff and getting outhustled at each flip.
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It’s extra of the identical on this one. Texas Tech isn’t making pictures (30.8%) and the Crimson Tide are dominating the boards (26-13 rebounding). Bama leads 37-19 on the ultimate media timeout of the first half.
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It’s a defensive slugfest thus far. Bama has missed its final 8 shot makes an attempt however nonetheless leads 27-12 on the 7:55 mark of the first half.
This sport isn’t an offensive clinic.
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These two teams are actually evenly matched. It’s 42-42 with 16 minutes left and there hasn’t been a lot between them since UCLA had a small lead within the early minutes.
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Utah State made a giant push late however simply ran out of fuel. The No. 1 Wildcats transfer onto the Sweet 16 within the West regional.
Arizona greater than doubled USU in rebounding, 54-26.
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Brayden Burries simply hit a large 3 to get the Wildcats a 73-64 lead with 2:02 to go.
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The Crimson Tide are limiting TTU to 4 of 15 taking pictures thus far. Bama leads 20-9 halfway via the first half.
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Another 1 seed is in just a little little bit of bother right here, however Arizona nonetheless leads 66-61 with 3:24 to play. A giant motive why is the Wildcats grabbing 21 offensive rebounds to Utah State’s 8.
