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Arizona and Arkansas Sweet 16 matchup will be 1st with freshmen as both team's top 2 scorers

Coach John Calipari has made a career of relying on freshman stars to make long NCAA Tournament runs so the fact that he's doing it again at Arkansas with Darius Acuff and Meleek Thomas should come as little surprise.

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Dynamic freshmen on display as Arizona faces Arkansas in Sweet 16

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Arizona's Freshmen Trio Looks Part in NCAA Tournament Debut

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Top-seeded Arizona beats Arkansas 109-88 to reach the Elite Eight for the 1st time since 2015

Arizona finally got over the Sweet 16 hurdle under coach Tommy Lloyd, getting 23 points from Brayden Burries and a dominant offensive effort in a 109-88 win over Arkansas on Thursday night in the NCAA...

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Arizona finally clears Sweet 16 hurdle with dominant win over Arkansas

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Kaufman-Renn tips in game-winner to send No. 2 seed Purdue past 11th-seeded Texas 79-77 in Sweet 16

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Arizona ties memorable 1997 feat in domination of Arkansas in Sweet 16

Six players scored in double digits for the Wildcats, led by Brayden Burries’ 23 points.

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Arizona ends Arkansas season in the Sweet 16

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NCAA Tournament: Arizona dominates Arkansas, advances to first Sweet 16 since 2015

Iowa State freshmen embrace Mar. Madness spotlight

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March Madness 2026: NCAA Tournament's top 10 freshmen headlined by Cameron Boozer, AJ Dybantsa

Thirteen of the 68 teams in this year's NCAA Tournament have a freshman as their leading scorer. That is far and away the most in NCAA Tournament history, with the previous record of eight coming in 2008.

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March Madness games today: Analyzing Friday's Sweet 16 men's NCAA Tournament matchups

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From “What’s the Sweet 16?” to living it: Iowa State freshmen embrace March Madness spotlight

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NCAA Men's, Women's Basketball Tournament Highlights: Iowa, Illinois Battling

The Gamecocks punched a ticket to their sixth consecutive Elite Eight after a dominating 94-68 win on Saturday.

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Men’s March Madness 2026 Sweet 16 live updates: Duke, Michigan, UConn, Tennessee secure spots in Elite Eight

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Texas vs Purdue basketball: Replay, highlights as Boilermakers beat Horns on buzzer-beater

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Men's March Madness is down to Elite 8. Here are the matchups, schedule, more

Following the Sweet 16, all three remaining No. 1 seeds in Duke, Michigan and Arizona advanced, avoiding an early elimination fate that Florida, the reigning champions, succumbed to.

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Women's March Madness 2026 scores, live updates: Duke, UCLA, UConn, Notre Dame advance to Elite Eight

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Women's March Madness Sweet 16: Duke stuns LSU at buzzer; Hannah Hidalgo makes history; UConn, UCLA dominate

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Why Michigan State’s freshmen need to show rapid growth in Sweet 16

EAST LANSING – Amid a jubilant locker room, the smile didn’t come as easily for Jordan Scott. Michigan State had just punched its ticket to the Sweet 16 but the guard didn’t play up to his own expectations.

Freshmen take center stage when Illinois meets Houston in Sweet 16

Both Illinois and Houston have been forged by tradition and buoyed by veterans. Yet the Illini and Cougars owe a noteworthy measure of their success this season to freshmen.

Star freshmen renew rivalry on big stage

Houston's Kingston Flemings and Illinois' Keaton Wagler, two fo the top freshmen in the nation, will renew their rivalry in their Sweet -16 clash.

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Why No. 1 seed Arizona built with freshmen, not 'overpriced' transfers

A breakdown of why the UA Wildcats basketball program is built through strong freshmen, as opposed to a team that was built through portal hunting.

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What Lady Vols freshmen said about first year under Kim Caldwell, Tennessee's future

The Lady Vols wanted to build a foundation around five freshmen. Here's how they feel about their first year playing at Tennessee for Kim Caldwell.