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ESPN staff
March Madness 2022 is an exciting ride and it’s just getting started.
Saturday’s NCAA Tournament The game saw 8 North Carolina seeds upset the defending champion Baylor Bears. Michigan knocks out 3rd place Tennesseeadded to the hoops drama.
That’s not all. Creighton played hard against No. 1 Kansas, but Jayhawks exit with victory 79-72.
Buckle up for more hardwood musicals as the second round continues on Sunday.
Duke Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Izzo of the State of Michigan confrontation for the last time. Krzyzewski will retire after 42 seasons with the Blue Devils, but with Duke’s win over Michigan State, he has at least one game left as a coach at Sweet 16. This is the sixth meeting between the Coaches. K and Izzo in the NCAA tournament, a record. for the most popular games between head coaches, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
Miami knocked Auburn out of the league – while assigning the Tigers its heaviest defeat of the season – and Iowa State made a statement by bugging Wisconsin to earn a Sweet 16 landing just a year after a season two wins.
As Texas, Purdue, TCU and Arizona vied for the final two sports, here’s how all the action unfolded:
NCAA Fixtures (All Time ET)
8:40 pm: 6 Texas Longhorns compared to 3 Purdue boil
9:40 pm: 9 Horned Frog TCU compared to 1 Arizona Wildcats
Canes comes to play
Another annoyance? Another annoyance. The Hurricane Miami will appear for the fourth time in the history of the program Sweet 16 after defeating Auburn tiger out of the tournament.
MIAMI CAN FEEL IT
All @CanesHoops down stretch #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/gMXyQV5T6u
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 21, 2022
According to ESPN Stats & Info, Miami is the second double digit seed in the last 15 NCAA tournaments to beat the 2nd seed without placing behind, joining (15) Middle Tennessee in 2016 versus (2) the State of Michigan. Ask Jim Larrañaga.
Coach L still got !!!!
Miami knocks out No. 2 Auburn to advance to the sweet round of 16!#MarchMadness @MarchMadnessMBB pic.twitter.com/sUnhA3SxIe
– Canes Hoops (@CanesHoops) March 21, 2022
The dance moves in the dressing room are unmatched.
Texas Tech is still dancing
How about them Red Raiders? Texas Tech’s defense has stepped up all the steps, keeping Notre Dame Fighting Irish up to 10 paint points when shooting 5 out of 18.
COLOR RAIDERS HAPPENED ALL 🔥
This @TexasTechMBB difficult sequence #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/aGOcmmDCoL
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 21, 2022
With Texas still playing and TCU still not getting better, the Big 12 already have three teams in the Sweet 16. According to research by ESPN Stats & Information, most of the teams the Big 12 have ever made the Sweet 16 are four, which are conducted in 2002 and 2018.
Texas Tech’s win has attracted the attention of at least one prominent alumnus in Chief of Kansas City QB Patrick Mahomes.
– Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 21, 2022
City of sublimation
Go down to Wisconsin! The Iowa State Tornado continued their changing season by defeating the Badgers to secure the show’s sixth appearance of Sweet 16.
UPSET WARNING IN MILWAUKEE@CycloneMBB To be #Sweet sixteen constraint! #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/UOJ6vdWbIv
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 21, 2022
You could say you saw this happen after the Cyclones’ two-win season last year, but we wouldn’t believe you.
Are you not entertained?
Guaranteed that 99 NCAA tournament wins for Coach K.
Duke compare to the state of Michigan is everything a quality ring fan could hope for – this jam from Mark Williams Is no exception.
Mark Williams is a force at the belt 💥@DukeMBB | #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/qrRLcoYfPV
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 20, 2022
These 3 aren’t too shabby either…
DUKE HITS THREE HAS TIE UP! 😱@DukeMBB #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/Kxulw1yH1Z
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 20, 2022
With Sunday’s win, Coach K’s team eliminated Michigan State from the NCAA tournament five times, according to research by ESPN Stats & Information. That’s the most time a coach has beaten a single program in NCAA tournament history.
“AND THE MUSIC STILL PLAYING FOR COACH K’S FINAL DANCE.” 🎶@DukeMBB the will to win against Michigan State#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/Wxv6g66K3R
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 20, 2022
Villanova is next
The Villanova Wildcats dancing with Sweet 16 (again) after obstructing Ohio State Buckeyes‘worked back in the second half to win 71-61.
Six members of 2021 # Sweet16 will be back for more in 2022 🔥#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/JDitpzUlY9
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 20, 2022
The Wildcats seem to be getting hot at the right time, having won seven in a row.
ERIC. DIXON. 👀@BigEballer_ | #LetsMarchNova
– Villanova MBB (@NovaMBB) March 20, 2022
Next? Jay Wright & Co. will meet Michigan Wolverines in San Antonio, the same city where Villanova beat Michigan in the 2018 national championship match. We’re not saying that’s a good omen for Nova, but it’s certainly not a bad omen.
Sweet victory for Houston
After beating Illinois 68-53, Houston will make it to the Sweet 16’s for the third time in a row. The Coogs streak is the third-longest running streak behind Gonzaga (seven) and Michigan (five). It’s safe to say that Coach Kelvin Sampson likes what he sees in his boys.
Topless Kelvin Sampson is WILDIN’ in the dressing room@UHCougarMBK #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/yVHrZlSnQE
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 20, 2022
“HOUSTON COCONUT TYPES ARE GOING TO YOU” # SHORT16“
Sampson et al. punch their ticket@UHCougarMBK #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/O45xem9McC
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 20, 2022
One more look at the hustle and bustle of Fabian White Jr. 🔥@UHCougarMBK #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/0Qs1bo1f7C
– NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 20, 2022
Teddy or Timmy Buckets?
MILWAUKEE – When State of New Mexico dizzy UConn In the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday, America was introduced to the “Teddy Buckets.”
Protect Aggies Teddy Allen scored 37 of his team’s 70 points, the most ever by a New Mexico State player in the tournament. After the match, Allen went viral as he stared at the TNT camera and said, “Goodbye, bye, blue-bloods!”
“The post-match interview, that’s exactly who he is at all times,” said Allen’s younger brother, Timmy, a Texas forward. “But I don’t know, I’m definitely a fun guy.”
don’t play with him https://t.co/CSeoR6lTXN
– TA (@ timmybuckets35) March 18, 2022
Not only Timmy Allen also has some personality, he is the rightful owner of the nickname “Buckets”, at least until big brother comes in.
“I’m the original ‘Timmy Buckets,'” Teddy said Saturday, as Texas prepared for a second-round game against Purdue. “It’s been my Twitter handle since seventh grade or something. And then he started going crazy and it came to Teddy Buckets. So either, but we both definitely will. into the basket.”
New Mexico State is Teddy Allen’s fourth school in five years, while Timmy moves from Utah to Texas after the 2020-21 season. Longhorns coach Chris Beard said the team postponed some movie screenings on Thursday so Timmy could watch Teddy’s game against UConn. Beard is close to New Mexico State coach Chris Jans.
Beard said: “I think Timmy is the original ‘Buckets’. “I understand that Teddy took it. I love Teddy, but I’m the Timmy guy.”
While Teddy may be a brazen and outspoken brother, Timmy has his own swagger.
“Timmy has her own dance,” defends Texas Courtney Ramey speak. “You’ll see it someday. Big fun guy here. Big fun guy.”
If Texas continues to dance in the NCAA, moves are bound to emerge. – Adam Rittenberg
