Fri.'s Sweet 16 Winners and Losers
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Four teams claimed their spot in the Elite Eight on Thursday evening, and the rest of the field is now officially set following another exciting night of basketball across four games on Friday night.
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Friday's Sweet 16 docket features four major matchups between some of college basketball's top programs as the NCAA Tournament field dwindles to eight ahead of this weekend's regional finals.
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Oluchi Okananwa recorded her third double-double of the season to lead ACC Tournament champion Duke past North Carolina 47-38 Friday and into the Elite 8 of the women's NCAA Tournament.
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Jace Richardson scored 24 points and Michigan State surged past Mississippi in the second half for a 73-70 victory Friday night in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
Madness broadcast for Tennessee basketball vs. Kentucky mistakenly used a Purdue logo instead of Kentucky's UK logo during the game.
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USA TODAY College Sports Wire on MSNTennessee basketball defeats Kentucky in Sweet 16Friday in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Vols led, 43-28, at halftime. With the win over the Wildcats, Tennessee advances to the Elite Eight for the second consecutive year and the third time in school history.
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Leads can come and go in a flash in the NCAA Tournament. But Tennessee basketball took an early double-figure lead and never loosened its grip.
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Kentucky was led by Lamont Butler, who finished the game with 18 points and six rebounds. UK ends year one of the Mark Pope era with its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2019 and a 24-12 overall record on the season.
All four No. 1 seeds will be present in the Elite Eight after the Tigers and Cougars survived respective scares on Friday
Kim Caldwell was hired nearly one year ago to be the coach at Tennessee, where she set a goal of reaching the Sweet 16 right away.