Notes On Friday’s 2026 NCAA Tournament Action
The Sweet 16 is almost set.
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - MARCH 20: Mark Mitchell #25 of the Missouri Tigers and Shelton Henderson #7 of the Miami (FL) Hurricanes go for a rebound during the first half in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Enterprise Center on March 20, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) | Getty Images Most of Friday’s NCAA tournament games were not that close. Duke beat TCU by 23, Michigan took out Saint Louis by 23 also, Houston took out Texas A&M by 31, Michigan State handled Louisville by 18, and Illinois smacked Louisville by 21.
We’ll come back to those. The other three games were really good: Texas knocked off Gonzaga, 74-68, Nebraska escaped Vanderbilt, 74-72, and Arkansas slipped by High Point, 94-88. And that game was freaking amazing.
Arkansas is a very good team, but High Point? High Point is a fever dream. Those guys are an absolute blast to watch.
They pushed Arkansas to the absolute limit, and if they didn’t have a transcendent talent in Darius Acuff, they would not have won this game. It completely escaped us until quite late in the game, but Cam’Ron Fletcher started out playing for John Calipari at Kentucky, and had a chance to help take him out at Arkansas. Just wild.
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