In the blink of an eye the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament has its Final Four set with number one seed Gonzaga taking on six seed USC and number one seed Baylor taking on two seed Houston.
The Sweet 16 took place this past Saturday with the Elite 8 going down on Monday and Tuesday.
In the Sweet 16 the Zags cruised past Creighton, 83-65, and USC took down Pac-12 foe, Oregon, 82-68. Michigan blew past Florida State, 76-58, and UCLA stunned number two seed Alabama, 88-78.
On the other side of the bracket, Baylor took down Villanova, 62-51, while Arkansas ended the road for Oral Roberts with a, 72-70, victory, and Oregon State took down Loyola-Chicago, 65-58. Houston took down Syracuse, 62-46.
In the Elite 8, the Zags punched their ticket to the Final Four with an, 85-66, win over USC. UCLA stunned number one seed Michigan, 51-59, while Baylor took down Arkansas, 81-72, and Houston downed Oregon State, 67-61, to set up a date with Baylor.
Christi Pointer leads the field with 76 points, while Ronnie Martin sits in second place with 72 points. Hannah Conkin and Zeb Petty are tied for third with 70 points, while Lauren Petty and Robin Cooper are tied with 69 points. Brnadi Conkin and Brenden Carter are tied with 67 points, while Floyce Pierce, Janet Conkin and Tommy Cloninger are tied with 66 points.
Larry Ashley and Teresa Carter are tied with 64 points, while Chris Brown sits with 63 points and Robert Conkin sits with 62 points. Ben Eastepp and Keith Logan are tied with 61 points, while Danny Davis sits with 58 points and Richard Carter has 57 points. Brian Conkin has 56 points, while Lonning Neinast has 54 points and Ivan Estrada has 52 points.
Jeremy Martinez has 49 points, while Juan Hernandez has 45 points, Amber Martinez has 43 points, Jaron Cabello has 39 points and Brett Neinast has 32 points.
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