Ranking the Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament Games

This tournament is getting quite chalky! We saw some close games with great finishes (see photo of Houston/Purdue finish below) in the Sweet 16 but ultimately all of the higher seeds prevailed. Let’s now rank the Sweet 16 games from best to worst and compare how my pre-round intrigue rankings compare to how the games actually played out.

Ranking the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Games (Postgame)
1(1) Houston vs.(4) Purdue- (Fri- 10:09)- TBS (47)
2(3) Texas Tech vs. (10) Arkansas (Th- 10:09)- TBS (247)
3(2) Michigan State vs. (6) Ole Miss (Fri- 7:09)- CBS (5)
4(1) Duke vs. (4) Arizona (Th- 9:39)- CBS (5)
5(1) Auburn vs. (5) Michigan (Fri- 9:39)- CBS (5)
6(2) Tennessee vs. (3) Kentucky (Fri- 7:39)- TBS (247)
7(1) Florida vs. (4) Maryland (Th- 7:39)- TBS (247)
8(2) Alabama vs. (6) BYU (Th- 7:09)- CBS (5)

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