The Wildcats shot a blistering 12-of-24 from three-point range in both of those earlier meetings, coming away with a 78-73 win on Jan. 28 and a 75-64 victory on Feb. 11 to hand the Volunteers two of their seven losses.

Four teams are already locked into the NCAA men's tournament Elite Eight. Four more must earn their place. Breaking down Friday's Sweet 16 matchups.

It’s been three long days, but the men’s NCAA tournament returns Thursday with 16 teams just two wins away from the Final Four.

Texas is marching on to the Elite Eight for the fourth time in five years. Longhorns star Madison Booker scored a game-high 17 points and added six rebounds. Texas senior center Taylor Jones added 12 points and eight rebounds,

Houston is in control all the way against Tennessee. The Cougars will play Duke next weekend in the Final Four.

Following Sunday's completion of the Elite Eight, ESPN college basketball analyst Joe Lunardi shared his score prediction for Duke-Houston. Despite Houston being a 4.5-point underdog ( ESPN BET ), Lunardi is picking the Cougars to beat the Blue Devils 75-70.

Two tickets to the 2025 Final Four were punched Saturday. Two more will be punched Sunday. And how do you feel about the lack of so-called Cinderellas now? That was among the storylines after the first two rounds of this NCAA Tournament — how the only double-digit seed that made the Sweet 16 was an Arkansas team coached by John Calipari.

Houston has advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, the third No. 1 seed to do so.

After the first three tickets were punched for this week's Final Four on Saturday, the final spot in the national semifinals will be filled Sunday with the last Elite Eight game between Auburn and Michigan State.