Analyzing Thursday's Sweet 16 men's NCAA Tournament matchupsFrom NFL plays to college sports scores, all the top sports news you need to know every day. Alabama became the first team to advance to the Elite Eight on Thursday with an incredible 3-point performance from the Crimson Tide.

Since March Madness expanded to 64 teams in 1985, the only other year that all four top-seeded teams from their respective regions earned Final Four spots was 2008. That year, Kansas won a national title with an overtime victory over Memphis.

Two tickets to the final weekend of the Big Dance in San Antonio for the 2025 Final Four will be punched on Saturday and nets will be cut down as the focus will be on the West Regional and the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament bracket.

This matchup marks a rematch of last year's Sweet 16, when LSU defeated UCLA 78-69. The Bruins are in search of their first Final Four appearance, while LSU looks to return to the Final Four for the first time since their title run in 2023.

Last year, there were only four brackets that remained perfect after the first two rounds of the women’s tournament.

Thomas Casale is on a 60-36 run in college basketball picks and just revealed his second-chance 2025 March Madness bracket

Here’s the bracket for the women’s NCAA tournament: Every game of the women’s tournament will be aired — here is a schedule — on ESPN’s networks and streaming services with select games on ABC. The top four betting favorites as Sweet 16 week arrives are (in order): UConn, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.

Madness 2025 is in full swing with two regional final games Saturday night. What are start times? What channel is the game on? What we know.

The road to the Final Four of the men's NCAA Tournament has nearly reached its last stop.