Sweet 16

UCLA's starting lineup huddles with Coach Cori Close ahead of the team's matchup against Creighton.

Sights and sounds from NCAA Tournament at Pauley Pavilion

By Cameron Ruby / March 26, 2024

Young talent powers UCLA to the Sweet 16 (and the Big Ten) 

Colorado Buffaloes center Aaronette Vonleh blocks out Kansas State Wildcats center Ayoka Lee (50) during the Sweet 16 at Bramlage Coliseum.

Colorado stampedes into the Sweet 16

By Missy Heidrick / March 24, 2024

No. 5 seed Buffaloes take down No. 4 seed K-State to advance to the Sweet 16

Maryland's Diamond Miller dribbles against Arizona in the Round of 32.

‘No one expected us to be here’: Brenda Frese’s one-year rebuild catapults Maryland into the Elite Eight

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / March 26, 2023

The Terps are headed to their first Elite Eight since 2015

Virginia Tech guard Georgia Amoore (5) reads the defense in Virginia Tech’s 73-64 win over Tennessee at the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, March 25, 2023, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Wash. (Photo Credit: Lydia Ely)

Virginia Tech is going to face its big moment head on

By Michelle Smith / March 26, 2023

“[Tonight] was a great opportunity for them to be nervous, and they weren’t.”

Louisville guard Hailey Van Lith shoots a left-handed layup as Mississippi defenders fail to contest.

Lost and found: Louisville finds identity, Mississippi struggles with it in Sweet 16

By Kiri Oler / March 25, 2023

Mississippi’s dominant defense faltered against a Louisville team clicking at the right time

Alexis Morris celebrates after LSU's Sweet 16 win over Utah.

‘Put the team on your back’: How Alexis Morris lifted LSU to the Elite Eight

By Gabriella Lewis / March 25, 2023

Nearing the end of a tumultuous career, Morris is now the leader in LSU’s locker room

Iowa guard/forward McKenna Warnock runs up the court.

Iowa’s supporting cast pushes Hawkeyes one step closer to Final Four

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / March 25, 2023

McKenna Warnock, Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall are key reasons behind Iowa’s success

Colorado center Quay Miller gathers the ball and makes a move.

Despite falling in Sweet 16, sun shines brightly on Colorado Buffaloes

By Matthew Walter / March 25, 2023

‘You see the tenacity and the toughness and the fearlessness’

The Creighton Bluejays sprint out to meet in celebration at halfcourt.

Daily Briefing — March 26, 2022: Somewhere over in Greensboro, Bluejays fly

By Em Adler / March 26, 2022

Nothing but Bluejays from now on