The stage is set for a potentially epic Elite Eight showdown as No. 1 seed Duke and No. 2 seed Alabama will face off Saturday with a spot in the Final Four on the line. Both teams reached 100 points in their Sweet 16 victories and are brimming with the high-end talent necessary to create a compelling March Madness showdown.

And then there was one. TCU's 71-62 win over Notre Dame on Saturday took out six perfect brackets in the women's NCAA Tournament, leaving one out of 3.2 million on ESPN's bracket tracker. Seven brackets were a perfect 53-0 through the first half of the Sweet 16 games on Friday,

The upsets have been few and far between during the NCAA Tournament for men's basketball, which is why we roll into the Elite Eight with all four No. 1 seeds still playing, along with three No. 2s and one No. 3.

The 2025 Men’s March Madness tournament is taking place in several exciting cities, including Seattle, Lexington, Ky., Providence, R.I., and San Francisco. See below to find out the venues and host cities for each round.

The NCAA Tournament is here for men's basketball. The American-Statesman staff has full brackets and Final Four predictions for March Madness.

Nothing like a conference rivalry matchup to instantly turn up the heat in the Sweet 16. Duke and UNC split their two games this season, each winning at home. The Tar Heels’ victory was a low-scoring overtime affair, 53-46, as only two of the 20 total players reached double figures.

Print and fill out your NCAA Women's Tournament bracket with the link below. The NCAA Women's Tournament bracket reveal and selection show begins at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, televised by ESPN.

The Auburn and Michigan game could be won by the team that best uses size to its advantage. Auburn's Johni Broome (6'10", 235 lbs) is a talented big in his own right. However, Michigan boasts a pair of seven-footers in Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin.

Milos Uzan led all scorers with 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting, none bigger than his last-second layup to win the game. He added six assists and three rebounds and was 6-of-9 from three-point range. Emmanuel Sharp added 17 for Houston.