NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 updates: Pair of men’s No. 1 seeds Alabama, Houston start Friday’s action
Half of the remaining field in the men’s NCAA Tournament clinched berths in the Elite Eight, with Kansas State, Connecticut, Florida Atlantic and Gonzaga each winning their respective Sweet 16 games Thursday night.
That leaves four more Sweet 16 games Friday in the men’s field, with a pair of top seeds vying for trips to the Elite Eight: No. 1 Alabama versus No. 5 San Diego State, No. 1 Houston vs. No. 5 Miami (Florida), No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 15 Princeton and No. 2 Texas vs. No. 3 Xavier.
In particular, Friday was notable for fans of the Hurricanes, as the women’s team booked its first trip to the Sweet 16 since 1992.
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wasn’t referencing the school’s basketball program when he remarked, “there’s no such thing as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”was suspending defensive back Tony Mitchell after his arrest on a drug charge.
Oats had used the phrase “wrong spot at the wrong time” when describing why he wasn’t suspending Alabama star Brandon Miller after police testified that he transported the gun that had been used in a shooting that killed Jamea Harris.
Miller has not been charged with a crime.
— Mike Brehm
But there is one fan’s praise that probably means the most.
“I’m very pleased with how they’re doing,” Bill Bradley said via phone Monday morning. “They boxed out on rebounds, hit open shots, spaced the floor very well, played good defense. They played with a purpose.”
Bradley is the gold standard for New Jersey college basketball – a three-time All-American who in 1965 led Princeton to the Final Four and was named national player of the year. He also led the United States to the gold medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and went on to help the New York Knicks win NBA titles in 1970 and 1973 before becoming a three-term U.S. senator representing the Garden State.
— Jerry Carino, Asbury Park Press
play key roles on coach Kelvin Sampson’s staff as Houston makes a run at its first championship.How did the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight get their names?
As the second weekend of the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament begin, we enter one of the most recognizable rounds in sports – the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight.
But how did the the regional semifinals and finals get their names?
The men’s NCAA Tournament began in 1939, when it had just eight teams compared to the 68 teams now, but it hasn’t used the Sweet 16 or Elite Eight phrasing for the entirety of the tournament’s history, and it wasn’t until recently the NCAA began to market the third and fourth rounds as the phrases.
Here’s how the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight came about:
— Jordan Mendoza