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This was the first NCAA tournament to adopt the NCAA March Madness branding, including fully-branded courts at each of the tournament venues. Upsets were the story of the first round of the Tournament; [ 2 ] No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee upset No. 2 seed Michigan State in the biggest upset, just the eighth ever win for a No. 15 seed over a No. 2 ...
The 2016 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 10–12, 2016 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. [1] Hawaii won the tournament, defeating Long Beach State in the championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament .
After the NCAA tournament field was announced, eight teams were invited to participate in the first-ever Vegas 16 Tournament. The tournament began on March 28, 2016, with all eight teams playing in the opening round. The semifinals was played on March 29, and the championship game on March 30.
After two days of mostly lopsided basketball games, the Sweet 16 is officially over and the field for the Elite Eight is officially set.
The 2016 NCAA Tournament is almost set to get underway and the selection committee made some questionable choices when seeding teams on Selection Sunday.
An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, a single-elimination tournament, this generally constitutes a lower seeded team defeating a higher-seeded (i.e., higher-ranked) team; a widely recognized upset is one performed by a team ranked substantially lower than its opponent.
The Selection Committee, which includes conference commissioners and university athletic directors appointed by the NCAA, determines the bracket during the week before the tournament. Since the results of several conference tournaments occurring during the same week can significantly impact the bracket, the Committee often makes several ...
But from what we've seen thus far from the 2016 NCAA Tournament, all of these matchups have the chance to give us some excitement, so we should be in for a wild second weekend. For more March ...