SB Nation New York - March Madness Bracket Update: Sweet 16 Pairings Leave Brackets In Shambleshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2011-03-21T09:35:51-04:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/18272132011-03-21T09:35:51-04:002011-03-21T09:35:51-04:00Sweet 16 Bracket: Game Times, Schedule, TV Stations, Announcers
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<p>Not only are the actual game pairings set for the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, the TV times, stations and announcers are also set. Games will be held Thursday and Friday evenings, and broadcast on CBS and TBS. No more truTV and TNT.</p>
<p>Still catching up on the action from last night? SB Nation New York has you covered when it comes to action involving Big East Conference teams in our <a target="_blank" href="http://newyork.sbnation.com/syracuse-orange/2011/3/21/2063172/march-madness-bracket-update-sweet-sixteen">NCAA Tournament special section</a>. You will find all the info on <a target="_blank" href="http://newyork.sbnation.com/syracuse-orange/2011/3/20/2061755/syracuse-basketball-vs-marquette-basketball-preview-ncaa-tournament-schedule-big-east-basketball">Syracuse's loss to Marquette</a>, Notre Dame's <a target="_blank" href="http://newyork.sbnation.com/2011/3/20/2061996/ncaa-tournament-bracket-update-florida-state-22-10-vs-notre-dame-27-6">upset loss to Florida State</a>, and more.</p>
<p>Pairings, times, stations and announcers are below.</p>
<h4>Thursday, March 24</h4>
<p>7:15 p.m, CBS: San Diego State Aztecs vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/connecticut-huskies">Connecticut Huskies</a> (Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Lesley Visser)</p>
<p>7:27 p.m., TBS: Florida vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/byu-cougars">BYU Cougars</a> (Gus Johnson/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Marty Snider)</p>
<p>9:45 p.m., CBS: <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/duke-blue-devils">Duke Blue Devils</a> vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/arizona-wildcats">Arizona Wildcats</a> (Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Lesley Visser)</p>
<p>9:57 p.m. TBS: <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/wisconsin-badgers">Wisconsin Badgers</a> vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/butler-bulldogs">Butler Bulldogs</a> (Gus Johnson/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Marty Snider)</p>
<h4>Friday, March 25</h4>
<p>7:15 p.m. CBS: <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/north-carolina-tar-heels">North Carolina Tar Heels</a> vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/marquette-golden-eagles">Marquette Golden Eagles</a> (Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson)</p>
<p>7:27 p.m., TBS: <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/kansas-jayhawks">Kansas Jayhawks</a> vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/richmond-spiders">Richmond Spiders</a> (Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craig Sager)</p>
<p>9:45 p.m., CBS: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/kentucky-wildcats">Kentucky Wildcats</a> (Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson)</p>
<p>9:57 p.m., TBS: Florida State Seminoles vs. VCU Rams (Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craig Sager)</p>
<p><i>Visit SB Nation's <a href="../../../2011-ncaa-tournament" target="_blank">NCAA hoops</a> hub for the rest of your tournament needs, including a <a href="../../../ncaa-basketball/2011/3/11/2044866/ncaa-bracket-2011" target="_blank">2011 NCAA Tournament Printable Bracket</a> updated following each round.</i></p>
<p>-- SBNation.com contributed to this report</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/syracuse-orange/2011/3/21/2063274/sweet-16-bracket-game-times-schedule-tv-stations-announcersEd Valentine2011-03-21T08:31:28-04:002011-03-21T08:31:28-04:00March Madness Bracket Update: Sweet 16 Pairings Leave Brackets In Shambles
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<p>March Madness, indeed! The 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament has reached the Sweet 16, and the remaining pairings hardly look anything like what anyone could truthfully have expected. All I can say for certain is that my NCAA bracket is in shambles. I'm betting yours is, too.</p>
<p>We will get to the Sweet 16 matchups a bit later, but for now let's look at who isn't playing anymore. Remember those <a target="_blank" href="http://newyork.sbnation.com/syracuse-orange/2011/3/15/2052835/NCAA-Big-East-Pittsburgh-Connecticut-Marquette-Syracuse-Georgetown">record-setting 11 teams the Big East Conference got into the tournament</a>? Poof! Gone. Vanished. At least most of them, anyway. Only two of the 11, Marquette and UConn, remain.</p>
<p>Syracuse? Bye-bye. The East Region's second-seeded team was <a target="_blank" href="http://newyork.sbnation.com/syracuse-orange/2011/3/20/2061755/syracuse-basketball-vs-marquette-basketball-preview-ncaa-tournament-schedule-big-east-basketball">KO'd by fellow Big East team Marquette</a>. Pitt? The No. 1 seed in the Southeast Region<a target="_blank" href="http://newyork.sbnation.com/2011/3/19/2060183/ncaa-tournament-2011-round-three-big-east-basketball-schedule"> was stunned by Butler</a>. Notre Dame? The No. 2 seed in the Southwest Region, the Fighting Irish were no match<a target="_blank" href="http://newyork.sbnation.com/2011/3/20/2061996/ncaa-tournament-bracket-update-florida-state-22-10-vs-notre-dame-27-6"> for the stifling defense of Florida State</a>. St. John's? <a target="_blank" href="http://newyork.sbnation.com/st-john-s-red-storm/2011/3/17/2056203/ncaa-tournament-2011-no-6-st-johns-red-storm-vs-no-11-gonzaga-bulldogs">Routed by Gonzaga</a>. Georgetown? Villanova? Cincinnati? West Virginia? Louisville? All gone. See ya later!</p>
<p>If you need a new bracket, and you just might with all the scribbling I know you've had to do, make sure to get your <a target="_blank" href="http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/569188/2011_ncaa_bracket_3rd_round.pdf">printable NCAA bracket</a> from SB Nation. You can also catch up with whatever you have missed at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/2011-ncaa-tournament">SB Nation's NCAA Tournament hub</a>.</p>
<p>So, who's left, anyway? Region-by-region Sweet 16 pairings are below, as well as quick comments on each region.</p>
<h4>East Region</h4>
<p>No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Kentucky<br>No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 11 Marquette</p>
<p>Some folks think Ohio State has looked like the best team in the tournament thus far. Then again, the Buckeyes have only played a 16th seed (Texas-San Antonio) and an eighth seed (George Mason). We will know a lot more when they play Kentucky.</p>
<h4>West Region</h4>
<p>No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 Arizona<br>No. 3 UConn vs. No. 2 San Diego St.</p>
<p>So much for all those experts who theorized that Connecticut would wear out after winning five games in five days to capture the Big East Tournament. It's called momentum, and right now the Huskies are riding the wave.</p>
<h4>Southwest Region</h4>
<p>No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 12 Richmond<br>No. 11 VCU vs. No. 10 Florida State</p>
<p>Based on the seedings, this looks like a cakewalk to the Final Four for Kansas. Based on the fact that this is the NCAA Tournament and is called March Madness for reasons we have already seen a bunch of times in the past few days, I wouldn't be punching my ticket just yet if I was a Jayhawks fan.</p>
<h4>Southeast Region</h4>
<p>No. 8 Butler vs. No. 4 Wisconsin<br>No. 3 BYU vs. No. 2 Florida</p>
<p>I only have two things to say here. If you try to tell me this is the way you saw the Southeast playing out, with these four being in the regional semifinals, you are lying. Second, BYU's Jimmer Fredette is ridiculously good.</p>
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