Sweet 16 set — upsets stick
The NCAA Sweet 16 fields are locked — the men’s bracket kept chaos alive with No. 9 Iowa and No. 11 Texas surviving to avoid an all‑chalk Sweet 16, and the next round is scheduled for Friday and Saturday ( ). On the women’s side the Sweet 16 is also set after tight finishes — highlights include Virginia surviving a double-overtime game and UConn advancing in dominant fashion ( ).
Alvaro Folgueiras drilled a go‑ahead 3 with 4.5 seconds left to beat Florida 73‑72 in the men’s second round, a finish captured in ESPN’s game recap. (espn.com) Iowa travels to Houston to meet No. 4 Nebraska in the South regional semifinal at the Toyota Center on Thursday — a 6:30 p.m. CT tip reported by Nebraska’s athletics department. (huskers.com) Texas closed out Gonzaga 74‑68 behind 17 points apiece from Jordan Pope and Matas Vokietaitis and a game‑sealing 3 from Camden Heide in Portland, per ESPN’s box score and recap. (espn.com) The Longhorns’ First Four‑to‑Sweet‑16 run sets up a West‑region clash with No. 2 Purdue on Thursday in San Jose (7:10 p.m. ET), according to Sporting News’ Sweet 16 schedule. (sportingnews.com) Purdue arrives after a 104‑71 rout of Queens in which Braden Smith scored 26 and broke the Division I career assists record, a performance detailed in ESPN’s recap. (espn.com) Kymora Johnson poured in 28 points and Paris Clark added 20 as Virginia defeated Iowa 83‑75 in double overtime, a run that followed a First Four win and an overtime victory over Georgia and pushed UVA into its first Sweet 16 since 2000 in front of 14,332 fans. (virginiasports.com) (rocktownnow.com) Azzi Fudd scored 34 points with eight 3‑pointers as UConn pummeled Syracuse 98‑45, extending the Huskies’ Sweet 16 streak to 32 consecutive appearances and preserving UConn’s 36‑0 mark. (espn.com) Nebraska reached the men’s Sweet 16 when Braden Frager’s driving layup with 2.2 seconds left beat Vanderbilt 74‑72, and AP lists the Cornhuskers as roughly a 1.5‑point favorite vs. Iowa at Toyota Center with an over/under of 132.5. (espn.com) (apnews.com)
