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Coach Kim Mulkey and the No. 3 seed Tigers have a tough task ahead against No. 2 seed NC State, in what should be one of the better matchups of the Sweet 16.
From USA TODAY
Tennessee basketball is making another March Madness run under coach Rick Barnes.
From USA Today
Among those in action will be No. 1 seed Duke and freshman phenom Cooper Flagg, who remains firmly in the mix for National Player of the Year honors.
From CBSSports.com
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Auburn edged out a 31-3 Duke team loaded with projected NBA talent that beat Auburn in December and was historically dominant in a 19-1 conference run to the ACC regular-season title. Duke then backed up its regular season with an ACC tournament championship and enters NCAA tournament play with a nation’s best 20.8-point average margin of victory.
After North Carolina earned a berth, its athletic director faces questions: Did the Tar Heels receive preferential treatment?
North Carolina surprisingly made the 2025 NCAA Tournament field as the last team in, leading to a heated reaction on social media:
The North Carolina men's basketball team is going to the Big Dance. Yes, you read that right. The North Carolina Tarheels are in the 2025 NCAA men's tournament. On Selection Sunday, the team snuck into the bracket,
North Carolina is headed to the 2025 NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed and part of the First Four in Dayton after narrowly sneaking in following a disappointing season. Gaining admission to the Big Dance should alleviate some of the heartbreak the Tar Heels felt following a heartbreaking loss to Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals.
Last year, there were only four brackets that remained perfect after the first two rounds of the women’s tournament.
Madness Sweet 16 features No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 North Carolina. Here are expert game picks, predictions for women's NCAA bracket.
Duke started the day with a vintage defensive performance, as the second-seeded Blue Devils stifled third-seeded North Carolina. After that, No. 1 seed South Carolina continued its title defense as the Gamecocks came back to hold off upset-minded Maryland .