Elite Eight Open Thread

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: A March Madness logo is seen alongside Sweet 16 and Elite 8 branding on a basketball during a practice session ahead of the Sweet 16 in the East Regional of the NCAA men's basketball tournament at Capital One Arena on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) | Getty Images It’s down to Eight teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. We’ve got four games over the next two days and it’s down to 4 teams from the Big 10 against one each from the ACC, Big East, Big 12 and SEC.

Tonight, we see if Iowa can continue their Cinderella run against Illinois followed by Purdue against Arizona . Tomorrow kicks off with Rick Barnes’ Volunteers facing Michigan and then UConn vs Duke in the game 95% of the country wants neither to win. In our Tournament Challenges, the current leaders are pjhova18 and mdcontin23 1’s for the Men and I’d Have Kept Autry for the Women.

We’ll update this information before the Final Four next week. Here’s the schedule for the next two nights courtesy of CBSSports. com Saturday March 28 6:09 p.

m. (9) Iowa vs. (3) Illinois || Houston Kevin Harlan / Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi TBS ( watch live ) 8:49 p.