March Madness: Sweet Sixteen Sets Up

0:00On March 26, the sweet 16-field is now set in the 2026 NCAA, tournament after two wild rounds of action. Top teams like Duke Michigan, Purdue, and Arizona advance easily, but have set still the show with 5-seated St. John's edging 4th-seated Kansas. 67-65 on Dylan Darling's buzzer-beating layup after he scored zero points all-game. Sunday delivered pure drama, as 9th-seated Iowa stunned, top-seated and defending champion Florida 73-72 on Alvaro. Fulgaris is clutch, 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds left. 6th-seated Tennessee also survived, 3rd-seated Virginia 79-72 in a foul-field finish while other close calls included. Nebraska 74-72 win over Vanderbilt, and Texas' 74-68 upset of 3rd-seated Gonzaga. Fans are buzzing about the chaos, with lower seeds like 11th-seated Texas and 12th-seated Highpoint from the first round proving anything can.

1:03Happened in March Madness. 12th-seated Highpoint nearly pulled off another stunner before falling to Arkansas in the second round, and the brackets twists have casual. Viewers glued to their screens. Now attention turns to the sweet 16 starting Thursday, March 26th, in Houston, San Jose, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. With games, tipping off around 7-10pm Eastern, on CBS and TBS. Elite 8 follows over the weekend, building toward the final four on April 4th in. Indianapolis. Expect more heartbreak in Heroics as the 16 battle for a shot at the national title on April 6th. March Madness at its finest keeps rolling.