DES MOINES, IA (WTVB) – The University of Michigan and Michigan State University men’s basketball teams are headed to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
U-of-M beat Florida 64-49 Saturday in Des Moines, while MSU topped Minnesota 70-50. Michigan plays Texas Tech Thursday in Anaheim, California. MSU will face LSU Friday in Washington D.C.
In a clash of larger-than-life figures, Zion Williamson drove right at 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall and buried a contested layup that helped top-seeded Duke survive against No. 9 seed University of Central Fliorida 77-76.
Williamson’s bucket pulled the Blue Devils to within one, then fellow freshman R.J. Barrett made the go-ahead putback.
Two last-ditch shots rimmed out for UCF, sending Duke into the Sweet 16.
In other results from Sunday…
Virginia Tech 67, Liberty 58
North Carolina 81, Washington 59
Tennessee 83, Iowa 77 (OT)
Virginia 63, Oklahoma 51
Texas Tech 78, Buffalo 58
Houston 74, Ohio State 59
Oregon 73, UC Irvine 54
>>NCAA Women’s Tourney
Michigan was eliminated by top-seeded Louisville in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament 71-50 as the Wolverines finished 22-12. Michigan State plays at top-seeded and defending national champion Notre Dame this evening in a second round game.
