NCAA Men’s Elite 8 – Day 1

The games are now getting down to the wire with the first two games of the Elite Eight, also known as the Regional Finals. This round starts with half of the Men’s #1’s and but three of the #2’s eliminated. There were a total of 5 upsets in the Men’s Sweet 16; another 5 in the Round of 64 and three in the Round of 32, for a total of 13 top seeds losses.

Here are the scores for the Men’s Sweet 16:

Time	Network	Seed	School	Record	Score	Seed	School	Record	Score	Region
7:09	CBS	2	Arizona	27 – 8	72	6	Clemson**	23 – 11	77*	West
7:39	TBS	5	San Diego St.	26 – 10	52	1	UConn	33 – 3	82*	East
9:39	CBS	4	Alabama**	23 – 11	89*	1	N. Carolina	29 – 7	87	West
10:00	TBS/TRU TV	3	Illinois**	28 – 8	72*	2	Iowa St	29 – 7	69	East
7:09	CBS	11	N. Carolina St.**	24 – 14	67*	2	Marquette	27 – 9	58	South
7:39	TBS/TRU	5	Gonzaga	27 – 7	68	1	Purdue	31 – 4	80*	Midwest
9:39	CBS	4	Duke**	26 – 8	54*	1	Houston	32 – 4	51	South
10:09	TBS/TRU	3	Creighton	25 – 9	75	2	Tennessee	26 – 8	82*	Midwest

These are tonight’s games:

Time

Network

Seed

School

Record

Region

Score

Seed

School

Record

Region

Score

6:09

TBS

Illinois

29 -8

East

UConn

34 – 3

East

77*

8:49

TBS

Clemson

24 – 11

West

Alabama

24 – 11

West

89*

#1 UConn will face #4 Alabama on Saturday, April 6. This is Alabama’s first trip to the Final Four.

One of the things that the NCAA must address is the wresting over the ball from the hands of the player who possess the ball. This should be a foul for who ever starts it and on those who participate. The penalty: unopposed two free throws with the ball going back to that team. I guarantee this will stop it, for both the men’s and women’s NCAA games. This is a basketball game not a wrestling match.

Bold and single asterisk indicates the winner. Double asterisk is an upset. All updates will be posted in the main post

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