NCAA March Madness -- Sweet Sixteen -- March 24, 2017

Obviously this page was updated as the NCAA championship rolled along.

Last night (sweet sixteen): some close games but this was the stunner: Xavier (seeded 11th) took down Arizona (seeded 2nd), 73 - 71. At one point, late in the second, I think Arizona had a 7-point lead. One wonders whether a 3-point attempt at the end for the win was a better shot selection than a 2-point for the tie.

The other surprise, I suppose, to some extent, was how easily South Carolina beat Baylor.

Tonight (sweet sixteen):

• North Carolina: easy win over Butler.
• South Carolina (#7): easy win over Baylor (#3). 
• Now, a #3 (UCLA) vs a #2 (Kentucky).
  
• And, Wisconsin, #8, vs Florida, #4 -- but of course, the story here was Wisconsin beating the overall #1 Villanova to advance to the Sweet 16.  Wow, that was an incredible game.

Weekend (March 25/26) -- Elite Eight

• Xavier (11) vs Gonzaga (1) [Later: Gonzaga rolls over Xavier; embarrassing.]
• Kansas (1) vs Oregon (3) [Later: one more reason it's called March Madness. Incredible.]
• S Carolina (7) vs FL (4)
• N Carolina (1) vs KY (2)

Final Four:

• South Carolina (7) vs Gonzaga (1)
• Oregon (3) vs UNC (1)