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The Elite 8 stage of the 2025 NCAA March Madness tournament is set to deliver some of the most intense and highly anticipated matchups in this year's men's and women's college basketball season.
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Roughly 9.4 million viewers per game in the first two rounds would argue March Madness is alive and well.
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Women's Final Four field is officially set after the Elite Eight came to a close on Monday. Texas and UConn punched their tickets with fairly comfortable wins to join No.
Bueckers has scored a total of 50 points across those two games, including 28 when UConn defeated USC in the Elite Eight last year to advance to the Final Four. Bueckers has also recorded a total of 13 rebounds and eight assists and has shot 44.4 percent from the field and 35.7 percent from 3-point range against the Trojans.
Who is still playing in March Madness? See the Elite Eight teams in the NCAA Tournament, which runs on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30, 2025.
The last spot in the Final Four will be determined in a rematch of one of last season’s Elite Eight matchups when the Regional 4 Spokane 1 seed the USC Trojans go against the 2 seed UConn Huskies at Spokane Arena in Spokane, Wash.
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Thunder Wire on MSNMarch Madness Elite Eight: Complete wrap-up of potential OKC Thunder prospectsMarch Madness has officially started. The Men's NCAA Tournament will crown a national champion among 68 teams. After the Elite Eight ended, only four teams were left. While the first weekend is filled with fun chaos, the second strips down to the best squads with actual hopes of a title.
The USC Trojans' loss of JuJu Watkins will really be felt in the Elite Eight matchup on Monday against Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies. UConn is a 13.5-point favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook for the Regional 4 final in Spokane.
Elite Eight NCAA Tournament score picks, predictions for March Madness games Saturday, Sunday. Who will advance to Final Four of NCAA bracket?
Texas has advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 2003 and the fourth time overall after beating TCU 58-47 in the Elite Eight. The Longhorns’ smothering defense gave the Horned Frogs fits all game long, forcing 21 turnovers and allowing only 12 made field goals on 27% shooting.
Dramatic, last-second losses by 10-seed Arkansas and 6-seed Ole Miss were the closest we got to having “surprise” entries into the Elite Eight. In fact, 3-seed Texas Tech – which needed a 16-point second-half comeback to get past the Razorbacks – is somehow the only team seeded No. 3 or lower still in the field.