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NCAA Tournament – Sweet Sixteen Predictions (Michigan State vs Virginia, UConn vs Iowa State)
The East regional semifinals will be between slightly surprising Connecticut and Iowa State, while the main course of the evening to conclude the Sweet Sixteen portion of the 2014 NCAA tournament will take place between Michigan State and Virginia.
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NCAA Tournament – Sweet Sixteen Predictions (Kentucky vs Louisville, Tennessee vs Michigan)
In probably the strongest of the regions, the Midwest offers two excellent Sweet Sixteen games with Tennessee and Michigan playing before the main course of the day and what might be the biggest game of the night overall as the sibling rivalry of Kentucky and Louisville writes another chapter.
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NCAA Tournament – Sweet Sixteen Predictions (Baylor vs Wisconsin, San Diego State vs Arizona)
The West regional semifinals will give us an opening game of Big 12 vs Big Ten as Baylor take on Wisconsin, while later on comes the number one seed in the region, Arizona, playing against San Diego State.
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NCAA Tournament – Sweet Sixteen Predictions (UCLA vs Florida, Dayton vs Stanford)
After a few days of rest the NCAA Tournament resumes with the Sweet Sixteen stage. In the South region, the semifinals give us two double digit seeds in Dayton and Stanford opening the evening, followed by another Pac-12 team, UCLA, facing the number one team in the country, Florida.
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Sweet Sixteen – Ranking the Favorites to Win the 2014 NCAA Tournament
Reaching the Sweet Sixteen stage of the NCAA tournament also means a few days without basketball. This rest is also time to further analyze and try and decipher who the favorites and underdogs are from those that are left, which pretty much means separating between teams like Florida, Louisville and Arizona from the likes of Dayton and Stanford.
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The Teams in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
The 2014 edition of the NCAA Tournament has reached its Sweet Sixteen stage, with three teams from the Pac-12 (Arizona, Stanford, UCLA), three from the SEC (Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee) three from the Big Ten (Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin), two from the Big 12 (Baylor, Iowa State), two from the American Conference (UConn, Louisville), one from the ACC (Virginia), one from the Atlantic 10 (Dayton) and one from Mountain West Conference (San Diego Aztecs).
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Syracuse Orange – Michael Carter-Williams Ends a Number One’s Dream
Thanks to Syracuse and especially Michael Carter-Williams, we’re down to only two number one seeds left in the 2013 NCAA tournament, as the famous Orange zone defense was a bit too much for an Indiana team that lost steam as the season reached its critical point, figuring out how to start scoring a bit too late to be competitive in their Sweet Sixteen matchup.
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Ohio State Buckeyes – Deshaun Thomas Carries, LaQuinton Ross Finishes
Another tournament game, another big, late shot from a Ohio State players takes them to the next stage, this time the Elite Eight. While Aaron Craft found life harder than usual against Arizona, Deshaun Thomas did his usual thing and simply played well and consistent throughout the game, setting the stage for LaQuinton Ross to be the hero with the big clutch shot.
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Marquette Golden Eagles – Vander Blue Focuses on Start Instead of Finish
In the previous two wins for Marquette in the NCAA tournament, Vander Blue was there for them in the close finishes. This time, dominating right from the get go, their star player gave his best efforts early on, to create enough separation from Miami, while teammate Jamil Wilson took over in the second half to make sure they make it into the Elite Eight.
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Sweet Sixteen – Syracuse vs Indiana Predictions
No team plays the zone-defense as well as Syracuse does, on a good day, and there isn’t anyone as good, in the entire nation, on offense and as a team in general, like Indiana, when they’re clicking on all cylinders.