NCAA Tournament 2012: Sweet 16 Set; March Madness On Break Until Thursday

Sunday’s NCAA Tournament action was light on massive upsets but, thanks to the insanity that was the first round of the tournament, four double-digit seeds are in the Sweet 16. There are, coincidentally, also four teams from the state of Ohio remaining in the tournament. Cincinnati, Ohio and Xavier all won on Sunday, joining Ohio State in the regional semifinals.

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With Cincinnati up 60-56 with 15 seconds remaining, Dixon almost gifted FSU a way back into the game. He walked the line after a Seminoles basket, which is illegal, and the ball was given back to Florida state. They were unable to capitalize on the opportunity. In the final three minutes, Florida State didn’t make a shot that wasn’t a dunk or layup.

Cincinnati moves on to face Ohio State in the Sweet Sixteen. Syracuse and Wisconsin play in the East Region’s other regional semifinal.

Don’t even know what Florida State and Cincinnati are playing, but it’s not basketball.

Notice the falling turnover. Then notice the FSU player braining himself on a teammate. Finally, there’s the downed Cincinnati player being landed on by two opponents.

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You read that right. As Brett Reed and Chris Mack exchange the customary handshake following Lehigh’s loss to Xavier, a man in the background popped his dentures out. It was frightening and hilarious, so we took a screengrab, of course.

This gets better, though. Hit the jump.

After a sweet-shooting first-half gave them a 37-33 half-time lead, it seemed like Lehigh’s magical NCAA Tournament run would put the Patriot League team into the Sweet 16.

However, in the second half, Xavier’s front-line was just too big for Lehigh’s undersized big men, as the Muskeeters prevailed 70-58.

Here’s Frease screaming, then threatening to take his ball and go home.

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KU will need to perform much better after the break if they want to remain in the hunt for the national championship.

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While Clark Kellogg was calling the Xavier/Lehigh game for truTV, few would blame the broadcaster for being a little distracted by the results of the Ohio/South Florida game occurring at the same time.

His son, Nick, is a sophomore guard for Ohio who scored nine points in the Bobcats victory.

Probably the best sign of Sunday’s NCAA Tournament action goes to the Lehigh fan putting his school’s name to use. You’ll have to say this one outloud to get it, probably, but it’s good for a few chuckles.

Yes you are, good sir.

Even with star guard C.J. McCollum sitting with two offensive fouls for large parts of the first half, Lehigh’s magical ride continued in the first half of their second-round NCAA Tournament game against Xavier.

They lead the Musketeers 37-33 after 20 minutes of action.

The Gators continued their torrid shooting from the first half, running into the Sweet 16 with a 84-50 victory over Norfolk State.

Just 48 hours after the program’s biggest victory, which busted brackets around the country, the Spartans descended back to reality against a Gators squad that showed why it’s one of the most dangerous teams in the country with its offensive efficiency.

In the course of “shooting” a basket (an uncharacteristically harsh-sounding term for such a genteel sport), the ball had shot free of any participant’s grasp, so a demure reaching-for by players of both teams ensued. Initially, the ball was ruled to be in possession of the fellow from South Florida, which caused the delegate from Ohio to voice his disagreement with the judgment.

As you can see, the gentleman is saying, “How now! This fellow hasn’t touched it before me!”

The news comes from Will Brinson.

Here’s where it happened:

The teams have been evenly matched throughout the first half, although Ohio hit a dry spell in the middle of the first half, during which time USF threatened to pull away. The Bobcats wouldn’t go quietly, however, cutting the lead back down to one point. The Bulls were able to pad the lead once again in the final minutes of the half. Both teams have certainly played hard. To wit:

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The Tar Heels will play the winner of Sunday’s later game between 12-seed South Florida and 13-seed Ohio for the right to advance to the Elite Eight.

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Yeah, so this is just amazing. Everything about it is amazing. The hat, the expressions, the hand motions, the kid on his back. It’s all so perfect.

See how blatant this is?

Echenique sizes Zeller up and brings the ruckus right across his neck. This little incident also came after Grant Gibbs trolled John Henson hard and drew a tech. How an elbow across the neck goes uncalled, though, is beyond me.

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And the .gif:

There’s no word yet on his status for the second half, though based on video evidence it looked plenty painful. He had six points and eight rebounds before leaving the game.

Henson got tech’d for this, which I guess is the spirit of the rule. At the same time, Gibbs got kinda punked, too.

But apparently, it was all part of the plan. Here’s Gibbs after the tech:

Not even going to ruin this. Just hit the jump for a wonderful collection of Izzoface GIFs, all from Michigan State’s win over Saint Louis on Sunday.

Still really hypnotized by this one.

Despite being overmatched and overwhelmed throughout much of the game, the Billikens managed to stay in the game by drawing a multitude of fouls and hitting 18 of 23 free-throw attempts. They managed to close the gap to 51-49 heading into the final four minutes of regulation. The Spartans fought back in a big way, however, opening up a seven-point lead with 90 seconds remaining, thanks in part to a clutch three-pointer.

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So I guess Sunday, Green decided he was just going to do everything. You know, score, rebound, dish assists and mop the floor. Usually this is a figure of speech. With Green, though, it was absolutely literal.

But the GIF ... I think I love the GIF even more.

The new start time of the game is 4:30 p.m. CST. The game will be delayed by about 15 minutes.

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