The first set of Sweet 16 games were all double-digit wins. An average victory of 16.7 points.
The Atlantic Coast Conference had a record six teams in the Sweet 16 and people were speculating about its chance to match or break the Big East’s three teams in the 1985 Final Four.
The ACC lost Miami and Duke on Thursday and is looking to top-seeds Virginia (vs. Iowa State) and North Carolina (vs. Indiana) as well as sixth-seeded Notre Dame (vs. Wisconsin) and 10th-seeded Syracuse (vs. Gonzaga).
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ELITE TEAMS: Indiana center Thomas Bryant was asked about being a freshman and having to face Kentucky and North Carolina — two of college basketball’s premier programs — in consecutive games in the NCAA Tournament: “It feels great to face these teams.