KELLY: Hi. OK, so tomorrow, Friday, we are looking at the first four games of the NCAA Sweet 16 - headlines of what you're watching for. MERCHANT: I think No. 1 has to be undefeated South Carolina.

Here is the Sweet 16 schedule that starts on Thursday, including tip-off time and TV info. Below you can find information on the best players in the Sweet Sixteen and the top games.

The Gators upended Huskies, moving to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2017. No. 2 Alabama secured its fourth trip to the Sweet 16 under Nate Oats when it beat No. 7 Saint Mary's 80-66.

Purdue will play No. 1 Kansas in the Sweet Sixteen, with the Boilers coming in as seven-point underdogs. Michigan Wolverines Michigan is arguably the hottest team in the Big Dance right now.

21. Between 2005 and 2008, MTV's My Super Sweet Sixteen exposed America to the ugliest aspects of late-stage capitalism through the lens of mankind's most reviled species: rich teens.

Cher’s party from season 4 made its mark in *Sweet Sixteen * history with several costume changes, a marching band, a choreographed dance routine, a new Jaguar, and literal magic tricks.