Madness, NCAA and 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.
The Wildcats shot a blistering 12-of-24 from three-point range in both of those earlier meetings, coming away with a 78-73 win on Jan. 28 and a 75-64 victory on Feb. 11 to hand the Volunteers two of their seven losses.
A season steeped with promise ended in early heartbreak for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who suffered a 71-62 upset loss to TCU on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
Reniya Kelly grew up in Hoover, Alabama, and led her high school team to three state titles at Legacy Arena in Birmingham. That’s where Carolina will face Duke in the Sweet 16.
It’s been three long days, but the men’s NCAA tournament returns Thursday with 16 teams just two wins away from the Final Four.
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KSNW Wichita on MSNK-State’s season comes to a close in Sweet 16Kansas State, the five-seed in the Spokane Regional 4 at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, fought tooth and nail against top-seed (4/4) USC, but the Trojans edged past the Wildcats, 67-61, in the regional semifinal of the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Saturday night.
Since N.C. State and LSU met in the Bahamas in November, the Wolfpack and Tigers have combined to win 44 of 52 games and have evolved considerably.