NCAA Tournament schedule and results: Kentucky, Duke headline Sweet 16

Well this is just a good-ass photo:

The Badgers are in LA to face UNC in the Sweet 16, and stenographer superfan Nigel Hayes appears to have inherited Kobe Bryant’s Staples Center locker for the occasion. And he also inherited whatever horrible ghouls live inside that locker and frighten the bejesus out of unsuspecting visitors, I guess.

Sad Villanova Piccolo Girl goes by the real-person name Roxanne Chalifoux, and she seems pretty cool! She gave a great interview on The Tonight Show after playing the Wildcats’ fight song with The Roots!

And Taylor Swift tickets! We should all aspire to be memes. I’m crying right now. Guys! I’m crying! Someone put me on the Internet. I want Taylor Swift tickets.

West Virginia beat Maryland to advance to the Sweet 16 on Sunday. Coach Bob Huggins’ two daughters were in Columbus, Ohio for the game and spent the trip insulting Terrapin guard Dez Wells in person and online.

Here is what Jenna Leigh Huggins — who the Baltimore Sun notes is listed as a West Virginia program assistant on the Mountaineers website — tweeted. Her account is now private.

The day did not disappoint.

Sure, there weren’t any thrillers quite like the Notre Dame-Butler epic on Saturday night, but fans were treated to a couple of upsets and a few more statement wins.

The Gonzaga locker room went nuts after their win over Iowa:

SB Nation presents: Kansas shocker highlights Sunday and we look ahead to the Sweet 16

The Badgers never put the game out of reach; their largest lead was at 20-9 with 9:54 to play in the first half, but Oregon spent most of the game hanging within a four- to eight-point window. But when the Ducks finally tied the game in the game’s final six minutes, their offense seized. Whereas Wisconsin remained patient with the ball despite just three points in 3 1/2 minutes, Oregon took quick shots from distance and committed careless turnovers.

Wisconsin moves on to face No. 4 North Carolina on Thursday at 7:47 p.m. ET. No. 2 Arizona and No. 6 Xavier are the other two teams playing in Los Angeles for a trip to the Final Four.

Correct. It also looks pretty bad in a Vine. Jevon Carter looks like he’s ice skating he got his ankles broken so badly.

SB Nation presents: West Virginia faces a tough test in the next round

Gonzaga came into its third-round game against Iowa on Sunday with a statement to make, and that’s exactly what happened. The Bulldogs rolled past the Hawkeyes, 87-68, ending their streak of five straight losses in the third tound.

With the win, Gonzaga is in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2009 and just the third time since 2002. It will face No. 11 seed UCLA on Friday night in Houston, with the winner advancing to the Elite Eight.

Wichita State and Kansas might have been the most anticipated game in the round of 32 partly because the Jayhawks have annually refused to schedule the in-state Shockers during the regular season. Wichita State earned the victory rather easily against No. 2 Kansas on Sunday, and it didn’t even really feel like an upset. You knew Wichita State be enjoying is, and they are:

We give that statement four fire emojis.

Don’t take the ball from the Oklahoma guard or he will embarrass you.

Only way to keep it close against a team as good as Gonzaga is to go all out. So far, so good, Iowa.

Tekele Cotton’s 19 points led all scorers, and Wichita State got 17 points, six rebounds, and six assists from senior point guard Fred VanVleet. All five Shockers starters scored in double figures, compared to just two Kansas starters, and Wayne Selden, Jr. went scoreless for just the third time this season.

And the game really wasn’t that close, despite intensity on display from both teams. Kansas led by eight with five minutes to play in the first half, but Wichita State closed on a 13-2 run to take a 29-26 lead to the break. After a Frank Mason III layup cut the deficit to one on the first possession of the second half, Cotton went on a personal 5-0 run, and Wichita State never let the Jayhawks get within four points from that moment on — they led by 16 before a Devonte’ Graham three in the final seconds set the final score.

Someone should write a song about him, too.

Duke left no doubt on Sunday.

The No. 1 Blue Devils leapt on No. 8 San Diego State from early in the first half, and didn’t stop mauling the Aztecs until the clock read 0:00, coming away with a 68-49 victory in Charlotte.

Jahlil Okafor has been the most productive freshman in the country all season, and that isn’t stopping in the NCAA Tournament. Okafor dominated San Diego State in the first half of Duke’s Round of 32 game, scoring 18 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field.

There was really nothing the Aztecs could do about it:

This is AIR COURT and the honorable Judge Winslow is issuing SKY JUSTISE:

That’s just what he does.

If you like dragging your nails across a chalkboard, you probably love the sound you’re hearing when Virginia shoots free throws against Michigan State.

What is that bloodcurdling noise, you ask? Well, apparently it’s Michigan State star Travis Trice’s mother.

Darion Atkins is not a man to mess with.

But there was more -- like, so much more. You probably need a complete recap.

So here it is:

Gonzaga is in the NCAA Tournament for the 17th consecutive year, but the Bulldogs have not reached the Elite Eight since the first year of that stretch in 1999. That year was also the last time that Iowa reached the Sweet 16.

This is the seventh year in a row that Gonzaga has reached the Round of 32, with the Bulldogs falling short of the Sweet 16 each of the last five times. As a No. 8 seed last year, Gonzaga lost by 23 to top-seeded Arizona. Iowa, meanwhile, fell to Tennessee in the First Four last year.

This is the first time Northern Iowa has made the tournament since 2010, a year the Panthers made the Sweet 16. They won the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title and dismantled Wyoming in the Round of 64. Now, they’re facing a power conference team with more talent, but that has struggle to find consistency this season.

The success of Northern Iowa depends on their star point guard Seth Tuttle. The 6’8 senior leads the team in points, rebounds and assists. He had 14 points, nine rebounds and three assists in the win over Wyoming and is going to need a similar performance -- if not better -- against the strong Louisville defense.

Sunday’s winner will face off against Notre Dame in the Sweet 16. They’ll be riding high as they best team in Kansas, ready to take on the best team from Indiana.

Time: 5:15 p.m. ET, on CBS

After several huge upsets on Thursday, the games on Friday were much more predictable. Two No. 3 seeds fell on the opening day, but No. 3 Oklahoma fended off No. 14 Albany for a 69-60 win. The only real surprise on Friday was No. 11 Dayton topping No. 6 Providence, and that upset sets the Flyers up for a Sunday matchup against the Sooners in which they hope to become one of the Cinderellas of this tournament.

Both of the late games are No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchups, which should also prove to be fascinating. Both No. 4 Maryland and No. 4 Louisville squeaked by in their first games by a combined five points, and they know they’ll have to play better to keeping dancing into next week. Maryland’s opponent, No. 5 West Virginia, also barely survived. A huge Tarik Phillip three-pointer with 28 seconds to go led the Mountaineers to a decisive 68-62 win, but head coach Bob Huggins admitted he meant to make an offensive substitution for Phillip and just forgot.

After an upset-filled Thursday, many fans were disappointed at the predictable results on Friday in the NCAA Tournament. It was a chalky day, but all that means is a bunch of games on Sunday that figure to be close.

You’re not going to want to miss any of them, and you won’t have to.