March Madness: Sweet 16 Review and Schedule

With the end of March upon us, it is a good time to take a look at what’s been happening lately with the Sweet 16. For those who aren’t familiar with the term, ‘Sweet 16’ refers to  the teams that advanced to the regional semifinals of the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Championship. The tournament, which began on March 16 this year, is a single elimination tournament that pits the top 65 college basketball teams in the country against one another. The second round of the 2010 regional match-ups, which included a total of 32 teams, ended on March 21. The end of that round left us with 16 school, the Sweet Sixteen. Among the Sweet 16 of 2010 are such schools as Syracuse, Cornell, Kansas State, and Duke. Let's take a look at what has happened so far in the regional semifinals.

On March 25, in the first half of the games involving the Sweet 16, we saw a number of entertaining and surprising games. In a game that marked the team's 23rd win in a row, Butler stunned fans and analysts by beating the top-seeded Syracuse 63-59. The Final Four games (the national semifinals) take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, the hometown of Butler University, so the Butler Bulldogs are now just one win away from being able to compete for the championship title in their hometown. In the other West Regional match-up, Kansas State beat Xavier 101-96 during double overtime in what was easily one of the most entertaining games of the tournament so far. Gregg Doyell of CBSSports.com called it "one of the best games in the history of the Sweet 16." In the East Regional semifinals, we saw top-seeded Kentucky beat Cornell 62-45. With much of the country rooting for them, 12th-seeded Cornell started off the game strong with a 10-2 lead, but they were not enough for Kentucky, who will now compete for the school's first Final Four appearance since 1964. We also saw 2nd-seeded West Virginia beat Washington 69-56 to achieve its highest win count, 30, in the school's history. The Kentucky-West Virginia regional finals match-up will be the only 1st-seed vs. 2nd-seed game in the entire tournament

Tonight, eight more teams will compete for a chance to play in the regional finals of their respective region. The four winners of those four games will join Butler, Kansas State, West Virginia, and Kentucky as the Elite Eight, who will go on to compete for the championship title in the Final Four. These games are sure to be entertaining and possibly surprising, so be sure not to miss them! You might just miss basketball history. The games are scheduled for the following times: Tennessee vs. Ohio St., 7:07 PM ET; Baylor vs. St. Mary's, 7:27 PM ET; UNI vs. Michigan St., 9:37 PM ET; and Duke vs. Purdue, 9:57 PM ET.

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