The opening weekend of the NCAA Division I men's
basketball tournament was nothing short of thrilling, and March Madness lived up to its name, delivering several upsets and controversial endings. The field of 64 has now been narrowed down to the Sweet 16. All four No. 1 seeds — the North Carolina Tar Heels, the Connecticut Huskies, the Houston Cougars and the Purdue Boilermakers — are still in contention. The lowest seed still competing is the No. 11 seed North Carolina State Wolfpack. The tournament is divided into four regional brackets , with four teams remaining in each region. In the East region : No. 1 seed Connecticut vs. No. 5 San Diego State No. 2 seed Iowa State vs. No. 3 seed Illinois In the West region : No. 1 seed North Carolina vs. No. 4 seed
Alabama No. 2 seed
Arizona vs. No. 6 seed Clemson In the South region : No. 1 Houston vs. No. 4 Duke No. 2. seed Marquette vs. No. 11 seed NC State In the Midwest region : No. 1 seed Purdue vs. No. 5 seed Gonzaga No. 2 seed Tennessee vs. No. 3 seed Creighton The Sweet 16 will be played in Boston, Dallas, Detroit and
Los Angeles from March 28-31. We will know all the Elite 8 teams on the evening of Friday, March 29.