Notre Dame and Villanova have joined the Sweet 16, as did No. 1-seed Oregon on a wild Sunday at the NCAA Tournament. Texas A&M mounted an incredible comeback, and Wisconsin hit a buzzer-beater to advance as well.
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Read Article >Maryland got a technical for dunking too hard


Maryland’s Jake Layman was penalized for dunking too hard. He was assessed a technical foul for this:
To be fair, it wasn’t a full technical foul -- the rulebook calls for a “Class B” technical foul for rim-hanging, meaning Kansas only got one free throw and Layman would need to pick up two more to get ejected -- but it was still a pretty upsetting call. All Layman did was dunk while running fast and hold onto the rim until he could safely let go. And yet he was penalized under a rule meant to outlaw showboating.
Read Article >Frank the Tank celebrated with a baseball slide


You can take the boy out of Wisconsin, but you can’t take Wisconsin out of the boy. That’s what we learned from this Sunday night video of Hornets’ forward Frank Kaminsky watching the Badgers’ stunning buzzer-beater against Xavier.
Frank the Tank had to balance his excitement with being a good neighbor. This is difficult to do. He went with the ever-popular slide celebration, paired with a couple of delicate hops.
Read Article >VCU band director is Superman


This year’s NCAA Tournament has been a year of dancing bands.
This is VCU’s band director doing his best Cam Newton impersonation. Maybe in 2017 we can have a tournament just for bands. Wouldn’t that be something?
Read Article >NCAA bracket: ‘Nova makes first Sweet 16 since ‘09
The Wildcats broke open a game that was tied at 13 with a 26-8 run in the first half, led by 25 at halftime, extended that lead to 34 in the second half and almost throttled down to win by “just” 19, 86-67.
But that’s just how the most dominant team in this NCAA Tournament has operated so far.
Read Article >How to watch Stephen F. Austin vs. Notre Dame
Two days after an evisceration of No. 3 West Virginia’s vaunted press, No. 14 Stephen F. Austin will play for a chance to make its first Sweet Sixteen ever against a little-loved national heavyweight. Can I get a hell yeah?
No. 11 in defensive efficiency? Stephen F. Austin. And in the Lumberjacks’ 21-game winning streak that dates back to the beginning of Southland Conference play, they have won by single digits twice.
Read Article >Complete Sunday schedule for 2nd round
The NCAA Tournament’s second round concludes on Sunday, and by day’s end we’ll have the complete Sweet 16 field set. This day promises to be a lot fun, featuring plenty of teams who scored crazy upset wins on Friday.
The biggest upset of the first round was No. 15 Middle Tennessee State, which took down No. 2 Michigan State on Friday. The Blue Raiders face No. 10 Syracuse, guaranteeing that we’ll see a double-digit seed in the Sweet Sixteen. As a bonus, the winner moves on to play No. 11 Gonzaga, also guaranteeing we’ll see a double-digit seed in the Elite Eight. The Midwest Region got really weird this year.
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