The No. 1-seeded Auburn Tigers and No. 5-seeded Michigan Wolverines go head-to-head on Friday night in a highly-anticipated Sweet 16 showdown. The Tigers advanced through the first two rounds with ease, surpassing Alabama State with a 83-63 victory and outscoring Creighton 82-70 in the second round.

Danny Wolf and Michigan basketball vs 1-seed Auburn in Sweet 16 of 2025 March Madness. Follow for live scores, NCAA tournament updates from the game.

The nets in Newark, New Jersey, may have to be replaced after Alabama broke the NCAA Tournament record with 25 3-pointers in a 113-88 blowout of BYU. Mark Sears led the Tide, hitting 10 3s while scoring 35 points.

NCAA Tournament game schedule, announcers, TV channels, times for Elite Eight March Madness men's basketball games on television on Saturday, Sunday.

There are a handful of Sweet 16 teams that could even experience the same success when it comes to football season.  While a few of these are a stretch, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that eight remaining basketball programs’ players could be watching their football brethren in the College Football Playoff later this year.

Quite simply, this is not the year of the Cinderella squad. The silver lining: The second-weekend matchups are loaded.

Will Richard scored 15 points, Alijah Martin added 14 points and seven rebounds, and top-seeded Florida played a steady second half to run away from No. 4 seed Maryland and into the NCAA Tournament’s

Who is the favorite to win the 2025 NCAA Tournament entering Elite Eight games? Check out national title odds for every team left in March Madness.

The exact moment the SEC became a basketball conference is still up for debate. What Rick Barnes can tell you is when his league was barely known for basketball. It was 1987, the beginning of what will someday be a hall of fame career for Tennessee's current coach.