March Madness winner, loser as a NCAA men's tournament reached Sweet 16

We saw 68 teams on 64, 64 teams were cut to 32, and now we have only 16 teams at the men’s NCAA tournament with a weekend in the books.

It is a WHO that is of college basketball heavy weights. After an uneventful start to the tournament game in relation to Upsets, higher seeds dominate Sweet 16 and create the opportunity for a star spring four in San Antonio next month.

All four No. 1 seeds belong to this group. So are three of the four No. 2 seeds. There is only a double-digit seed in the Sweet 16. Favorites have largely prevailed, so that the teams still don’t fight real Cinderella history for the national championship.

With regard to Upsets, Mcneese State No. 12 Clemson No. 5 landed for the first tournament victory in the program history and No. 10 Arkansas took a stunner by defeating No. 2 St. Johns to reach Sweet 16 in coach John Calipari’s first season.

Here are the biggest winners and losers from the first two rounds of the tournament:

winner

No. 1 seed

Auburn overcame a rocky start against state No. 16 in Alabama and then performed against No. 9 Creighton. Houston dominated Siu-Edwardsville before he needed almost every second to survive against No. 8 Gonzaga. Florida brought Norfolk State past the two-time defending champion before winning 77-75 against No. 8 Connecticut. But the most impressive of this pile was definitely Duke, who was not under pressure against Mount St. Mary’s and No. 9 Baylor and won with a total of 67 points.

duke

Let us continue to exhibit the Blue Devils and not just the most impressive team in No. 1 line on the opening weekend. Another great capital in her favor was the game of the Freshman’s striker Cooper Flagg, who injured his ankle in the Accc semi -final and missed the championship game against Louisville. But Flagg looked healthy against Mount St. Mary’s, scored 14 points with seven rebounds in 22 minutes and then made even bigger against the bears with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in 29 minutes.

John Calipari

In his first season in Arkansas, after winning only a tournament game at Kentucky in his five years, it is a sweet confirmation for Calipari who even won a tournament game due to the fact that the Razorbacks Rick Pitino and the Red Storm won. This year must be among the best coaching jobs of his career when you think about how the squad was completely re -enacted in the off -season, how young and newbies are dependent that this team is really and how many injuries they suffered on the way. Not to mention: Arkansas was once 0-5 and then 1-6 in the Sec before he started putting a tournament case together in the selection on Sunday.

The sec

After a historical regular season that led to a record of 14 teams that set this year’s field, the SEC will set another record by sending seven teams to the Sweet 16 and leaving the previous brand of six teams from a league in 2016. Auburn and No. 6 Mississippi in the south, Florida and Arkansas in the Midnama to the west in the West and No. In the only SEC matchup, the volunteers and wildcats will compete against each other on Thursday in Indianapolis. On the one hand, this half of the SEC list could not be regarded as a disappointment, especially when you consider that the round in the opening round such as No. 6 Missouri in Drake No. 11 and No. 8 Mississippi State No. 9 in Baylor. On the other hand, half of these 14 teams bring the SEC in the history of the NCAA tournaments and makes the league a clear winner of the first two rounds.

Maryland

The most dramatic moment of the second round came via Maryland Freshman Derik Queen, who caught an inbound pass near the tip of the key with a 3.6 second lead. Queen had a team high of 17 points, while all five starters of the terrapins achieved double -digit numbers. Incredible, this is Maryland’s first sweet 16 appearance since 2016 and only the second since 2003.

loser

Connecticut

After a difficult regular season, the Huskies recovered thanks to a strong second half of the junior striker Alex Karaban, who ended with 13 points and seven rebounds. This extended the program’s tournament strip to 13 games, which were bound from 1964 to 1974 behind UCLA’s 38-game series in NCAA history in NCAA history. The Gators snatched this run, but not without being pushed almost to the edge: Florida overcame 12 sales and held Uconn on 8 out of 29 shootings to win 77-75. The huskies and coach Dan Hurley go into a crucial low season and have to go back to the drawing board to return to the top of College basketball.

Big east

The early exit of the huskies is part of a wider tournament that has disappeared from the Big East, which will not have a team in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019. A year ago, all three Big East teams in the Klammer-Un, Marquette and Creighton-Wurden from the opening weekend in the past two games in the tournament 22-6 a total of 22-6. But all five teams in this year’s field are already going home. In addition to the huskies, Red Storm and Creighton No. 7 Marquette from New Mexico No. 10 was annoyed and No. 11 Xavier lost to No. 6 Illinois after having beaten Texas in the first four years.

Ashee, outsider, tournament favorites, etc.

The fact that Arkansas is the Cinderella history of The Sweet 16 tells you everything you need to know about the well-known Major brand teams who are still alive in the race for the national championship. This is the first tournament without Sweet 16 with at least one team that has been a no. 10 seed since 2007. This is also the first tournament since 2017 without at least a non-power conference team in Sweet 16 except Gonzaga, in which the nine-year run by Sweet 16 appearances was linked by the Cougars. While the lack of a clear outsider takes some juice out of the remaining bracket, so many elite teams and programs that are still standing should provide a very strong final Four field.

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(Tagstotranslate) NCAA (T) Basketball

March Madness winner, loser as a NCAA men’s tournament reached Sweet 16

ByAmelia Journalton

winner

No. 1 seed

duke

John Calipari

The sec

Maryland

loser

Connecticut

Big east

Ashee, outsider, tournament favorites, etc.

By Amelia Journalton

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