NCAA, The Sweet 16
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Quite simply, this is not the year of the Cinderella squad. The silver lining: The second-weekend matchups are loaded.
Madness continues on Thursday with four Sweet 16 games, including No. 1 seed Duke and Cooper Flagg facing No. 4 Arizona.
While some people may decry the lack of upsets in the first two rounds of the men’s NCAA Tournament, the result is a Sweet 16 filled with the best teams in the country. All four No. 1 seeds are still alive, and there’s plenty of talent on the rosters who are trying to upset them en route to the Elite Eight.
The Women's NCAA Tournament continues on Saturday with the Sweet 16. No. 5 seed Kansas State takes on the No. 1 seed USC for a spot in the Elite Eight.