2010 March Madness Bracket update – NCAA Sweet Sixteen schedule

The Sweet Sixteen is official in our latest 2010 March Madness bracket update.  Today the next eight teams advanced to the third round of the NCAA tournament, scheduled to take place later this week.  In today’s games, #1 seeds Duke and Syracuse both advanced, as did West Virginia, Xavier, Purdue, Michigan State, Ohio State and one of the tournament’s Cinderella stories, #12 seed Cornell.

Sunday’s big upsets came from #12 seed Cornell as they upset Wisconsin 87-69, and the #6 seed Xavier knocked Pittsburgh out of the tournament as well.  Purdue was able to get by Texas A&M in overtime by 2.  Michigan State also outlasted Maryland winning by 2 to put the Spartans closer to the finals for their second consecutive year.  Meanwhile, top seeds Syracuse and Duke won their games by double digits.   See all of the latest Sunday 3/21 scores here.

As of now the NCAA Regional Semifinals game dates have been scheduled for Thursday 3/25 and Friday 3/26 of this week.  Thursday will feature the East region and West region games, while Friday will feature Midwest and South. Scheduled game times below are currently listed in parentheses in Eastern Standard Time.

The Sweet Sixteen is set in the 2010 NCAA Mens basketball tournament. Click to view larger.

NCAA Regional Semifinals “Sweet Sixteen” 2010 schedule:

Thursday 3/25/10

WEST REGION (Salt Lake City):

#1 Syracuse (30-4)
#5 Butler (30-4) (7:07PM)

#6 Xavier (26-8)
#2 Kansas St. (28-7) (9:37PM)

EAST REGION (Syracuse):

#1 Kentucky (34-2)
#12 Cornell (29-4) (9:57PM)

#11 Washington
#2 West VA (7:27PM)

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Friday 3/26/10

MIDWEST REGION (St. Louis):

#5 Michigan State (30-4)
#9 Northern Iowa (26-8)

#2 Ohio State (29-7)
#6 Tennessee (27-8)

SOUTH REGION (Houston):

#1 Duke (31-4)
#4 Purdue (29-5) (9:57PM)

#3 Baylor (27-7)
#10 St. Mary’s (28-5) (7:00PM)

How’s your March Madness bracket looking about now?  The theme for this year’s 2010 NCAA Tournament seems to be that the lesser known schools who didn’t make as much noise during the regular season have a shot at winning it all. Many Davids have defeated Goliaths in the 2010 edition of the Big Dance.  There’s some great Cinderella and upset stories in this 2010 March Madness, including Northern Iowa, Cornell, St. Mary’s, and Washington, the lowest seeds remaining.  With Kansas knocked out, many other teams are eyeing the prize with more intensity, and last year’s runner-up team, Michigan State is still alive.

All remaining games are to be televised on CBS this coming Thursday and Friday, with the Elite Eight determined this coming weekend.

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