Unfortunately the two #15-seeds in the tournament, Lehigh and Norfolk State, could not maintain their Cinderella run to the Sweet Sixteen falling to #10 Xavier and #4 Florida.
That makes the Ohio Bobcats the lowest seed in the Sweet Sixteen, sitting in at #13. It's been a crazy ride so far and it's only going to get more intense from here.
Let's get on with the Bits!
Bring On The Queen City. The #6 Cincinnati Bearcats upset #3 Florida State late last night taking out the Seminoles 62-56. The Bearcats move on to the Sweet Sixteen to face the Ohio State Buckeyes for the first time since 1962.
The Buckeyes will face the Bearcats on Thursday, at 9:45 P.M. The winner moves on to the Elite Eight where they will face either Syracuse or Wisconsin.
Big Ten Domination. We knew coming into the March Madness Tournament that the Big Ten was one of the best conferences in the nation this year. Now we have only solidified that as 4 B1G teams have made it into the Sweet Sixteen, with 1 more (Purdue) this close away from upsetting #2 Kansas.
Those four teams are Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Indiana. The Big East also has 4 teams in the Sweet Sixteen but it's not nearly as impressive because of the size of their conference. Congratulations to the Big Ten!
Ohio Domination. Speaking of domination and 4 teams, the state of Ohio has produced 4 teams headed to the Sweet Sixteen. Ohio State, Cincinnati, Xavier and Ohio. While I expected Ohio State to be there and wasn't shocked to see Ohio come this far, I can honestly say I never would have though Xavier would have been here, with the same going for Cincinnati.
I expected Cincinnati to lose to FSU but they proved me wrong upending them late last night. Xavier, on the the other hand, got the lucky draw when Lehigh took down giant Duke, who the Musketeer's would have had to play to get in the Sweet Sixteen.
