NCAA, Madness and The Sweet 16
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Last year, there were only four brackets that remained perfect after the first two rounds of the women’s tournament.
Madness continues on Thursday with four Sweet 16 games, including No. 1 seed Duke and Cooper Flagg facing No. 4 Arizona.
The Sweet 16, a popular destination for bracket-busting mid-majors, will be made up entirely of teams from power conferences, a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Not a St. Peter's or Loyola Chicago in the bunch. Not even a Butler or Gonzaga.
Koby Brea matched a career high with 23 points and Kentucky beat Illinois 84-75 on Sunday to advance beyond the NCAA Tournament’s opening weekend for the first time since they reached the Elite Eight in 2019.
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