The opening matchup of the next round has the potential to blow ... consequence of a Cinderella making it through the first two rounds is a blowout in the Sweet 16. Last year, defending champion ...

We spent the first weekend of the 2025 NCAA men's basketball tournament searching for that magical team that makes an out-of-nowhere Sweet 16 run. Those Cinderellas ... to be a potential way ...

One upside to the absence of Cinderella stories in the Sweet 16 is that the matchups are all ... the narratives -- particularly with coaches -- and the potential for college basketball to hook ...

The Sweet 16 will begin in both the men’s and women ... Despite the noticeable absence of Cinderellas on both the men’s and women’s bracket, there will be plenty of drama and intrigue ...

Seven are from the SEC — a Sweet 16 record. Four are from the Big Ten. Four are from the Big 12. One is from the ACC. The rest of college basketball’s 31 conferences were shut out. Even the vaunted ...

After the Sweet 16 ended, only eight teams were left ... despite a relative lack of upsets or Cinderellas. March Madness upsets: Tracking broken NCAA tournament brackets as No. 3 LSU beats ...