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With the first two rounds of action now complete, the journey toward crowning a new national champion in NCAA Division I men’s is rolling along. After a wild first four days of first- and second-round action, the field has been whittled down from 68 teams to a Sweet 16 as the bracket starts to take its final shape.
The next step in this year’s NCAA Tournament begins Thursday with another four-day marathon where we will start with 16 teams and again break it all the way down. By this time next week, we’ll have ourselves a Final Four.
Sweet 16 play will begin on Thursday with four games and finish with another four Friday starting with No. 3 seed Kansas State and No. 7 seed Michigan State meeting in the East Region. Thursday also features No. 4 seed Tennessee taking on No. 9 seed FAU where the winner will face K-State or Michigan State for a shot at the Final Four. Arkansas-UConn and Gonzaga-UCLA will also kick off Sweet 16 action Thursday in two West Regional showdowns where the winner of each of those games will advance to face the other in the Regional Finals.
Sweet 16 TV schedule
Thursday, March 23
6:30 p.m.(7) Michigan St. vs. (3) Kansas St.
Madison Square Garden — New York
TBS (watch live)
Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce
7:15 p.m.(8) Arkansas vs. (4) UConn
T-Mobile Arena — Las Vegas
CBS (watch live)
Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner / Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi
9 p.m. (9) FAU vs. (4) Tennessee
Madison Square Garden — New York
TBS (watch live)
Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce
9:45 p.m.(3) Gonzaga vs. (2) UCLA
T-Mobile Arena — Las Vegas
CBS (watch live)
Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner /…..
