Two tickets to the 2025 Final Four were punched Saturday. Two more will be punched Sunday. And how do you feel about the lack of so-called Cinderellas now? That was among the storylines after the first two rounds of this NCAA Tournament — how the only double-digit seed that made the Sweet 16 was an Arkansas team coached by John Calipari.

A year ago two teams from the Atlantic 10 made the men’s NCAA tournament, as Duquesne captured the conference tournament and the automatic bid, and Dayton made it into the dance as an at-large bid. But is the A10 a one-bid conference this year?

The Sweet 16 further confirmed the trend of this men’s NCAA Tournament: The higher seeds are dominating the proceedings. Dramatic, last-second losses by 10-seed Arkansas and 6-seed Ole Miss were the closest we got to having “surprise” entries into the Elite Eight.

Will Florida get to the Final Four for the first time since the 2014 NCAA Tournament? Or will it be Texas Tech in the national semifinals for the second time in school history? Will Duke get to the Final Four for the first time under Jon Scheyer?

The Sweet 16 is over and the Elite Eight has been set. Here are Friday's results: Milos Uzan led all scorers with 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting, none bigger than his last-second layup to win the game.

Analyzing men's NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. March Madness has turned out to be quite the chalky bracket in 2025, with four 1 seeds, t