March Madness is in full swing. The sweet 16 games are this weekend with all teams looking to punch their ticket to the final four on April 1st and 2nd held in Houston, TX at NRG Stadium home of the NFL team the Houston Texans. The NCAA Men’s finals will be played on Monday April 3rd. The following teams are in the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Sweet 16:
- Alabama – 1 seed (overall #1 team in the tournament
- Houston Cougars – 1 seed
- Texas Longhorns – 2 seed
- UCLA Bruins – 2 seed
- Gonzaga Bulldogs – 3 seed
- Kansas State Wildcats – 3 seed
- Xavier Musketeers – 3 seed
- UConn Huskies – 4 seed
- Tennessee Volunteers – 4 seed
- Miami Hurricanes – 5 seed
- San Diego State Aztecs – 5 seed
- Creighton Blue jays – 6 seed
- Michigan State – 7 seed
- Arkansas Razorbacks – 8 seed
- Florida Atlantic Owls – 9 seed
- Princeton Tigers – 15 seed
***On Thursday March 23rd with winners going to Elite Eight
(3) Kansas State defeated (7) Michigan State 98 to 93
(4) UConn defeated (8) Arkansas 88 to 65
(9) Florida Atlantic defeated (4) Tennessee 65 to 55
(3) Gonzaga defeated (2) UCLA 79 to 76
*** On Thursday March 24th with winners going to Elite Eight
(5) San Diego State defeated (1) Alabama 71 to 64
(5) Miami defeated (1) Houston 89 to 75
(6) Creighton defeated (15) Princeton
(2) Texas defeated (3) Xavier
*** On Saturday March 25th with winners going to Final Four
(9) Florida Atlantic defeated (3) Kansas State 79 to 76
(4) UConn defeated (3) Gonzaga 82 to 54
*** On Sunday March 25th with winners going to Final Four
(6) San Diego State defeated (6) Creighton 57 to 56
(5) Miami (2) Texas defeated 88 to 81
This will be the first Final Four appearance for (5) Miami, (6) San Diego State, and for (9) Florida Atlantic. The only experienced Final Four program in this year’s tournament is (4) UConn. Also, for the first time in NCAA Tournament history, all the #1 seeds have been eliminated before the Elite Eight.