And then there were sixteen.
Every year in the Menโs NCAA Tournament, there seems to be at least one top seed suffering an early exit (i.e. 2-seed Iowa State last year), and this year is no different.
The defending champion Florida Gators see their season come to an end at the hands of 9-seed Iowa. Combine that with the tournamentโs first buzzer-beating game winner and you have an incredible day of March Madness.
Catch all of the scores and highlights from a wild Sunday of basketball.
Purdue 79 โ Miami 69
Matt Painter's 500th win could not have been Sweeter! ๐โฃ
โฃ@BoilerBall advances to the #Sweet16 for the third straight year ๐ฅโฃ
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Miami gave Purdue a scare before the Boilers pulled away ๐คโฃ
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๐ฃ๏ธ: @NateGatter & @jordancornette pic.twitter.com/CsHCLyNIFUโ Westwood One Sports (@westwood1sports) March 22, 2026
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Iowa State 82 โ Kentucky 63
"๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐จ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ !" ๐ช๏ธโฃ
โฃ@CycloneMBB dominate Kentucky, punch their #Sweet 16 ticketโฃ
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What a performance!โฃ
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๐ฃ๏ธ: @NateGatter & @jordancornette pic.twitter.com/B3KRTMV3ykโ Westwood One Sports (@westwood1sports) March 22, 2026
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St. Johnโs 67 โ Kansas 65
๐จ๐จ๐จ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐จโฃ
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"The St. John's Red Storm Storm into the #Sweet16"โฃ
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Rick Pitino's squad partying like it's 1999 โฃ
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MADNESS ๐ฃ๏ธ: @kevinkugler & PJ Carlesimo pic.twitter.com/rB0SZo4U0Fโ Westwood One Sports (@westwood1sports) March 23, 2026
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Tennessee 79 โ Virginia 72
4th straight #Sweet16 for @Vol_Hoops ๐ฅโฃ
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Rick Barnes does it again in Tennessee ๐ชโฃ
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Big win over Virginia ๐คโฃ
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๐ฃ๏ธ: Scott Graham & @JonCrispinESPN pic.twitter.com/h161OdQ0TGโ Westwood One Sports (@westwood1sports) March 23, 2026
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Iowa 73 โ Florida 72
"๐ผ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ง!" ๐ฑโฃ
IOWA KNOCKS OFF FLORIDA ๐คฏโฃ
The defending champs are GONE @IowaHoops โฃ
Poetry from @johnsadak & @TomCrean!โฃ#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/dVLODMID9cโ Westwood One Sports (@westwood1sports) March 23, 2026
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Arizona 78 โ Utah State 66
"๐ป๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!" ๐ฅโฃ
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Despite a valiant Aggie effort, @ArizonaMBB prevails ๐คโฃ
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The Wildcats head to the #Sweet16 for a third straight year ๐ฎโ๐จโฃ
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๐ฃ๏ธ: @kevinkugler & PJ Carlesimo pic.twitter.com/sglXCNaTT3โ Westwood One Sports (@westwood1sports) March 23, 2026
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UConn 73 โ UCLA 57
UConn punches it's ticket to the #Sweet16 โผ๏ธโฃ
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Two titles in three years, looking for another ๐โฃ
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Next up: Michigan State in D.C. ๐ฅโฃ
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๐ฃ๏ธ: Scott Graham & @JonCrispinESPN pic.twitter.com/U2Cx8bpYtEโ Westwood One Sports (@westwood1sports) March 23, 2026
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Alabama 90 โ Texas Tech 65
"๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐" ๐ฅโฃ
โฃ@AlabamaMBB punches its ticket to the #Sweet16 ๐คฉโฃ
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A DOMINANT win over Texas Tech ๐คโฃ
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๐ฃ๏ธ: @johnsadak & @TomCrean pic.twitter.com/JSW45tqaTpโ Westwood One Sports (@westwood1sports) March 23, 2026
