For the first time, all four top seeds have made it to this stage, with one of them guaranteed to take the 2025 title.

Houston jumped to a big lead by limiting Tennessee, and the Cougars cruised past the Volunteers to advance to their Final Four since 2021.

South Carolina kept its repeat championship hopes alive and reached its fifth straight Final Four with a grinding 54-50 win over Duke on Sunday. The Gamecocks will face the winner between top-seeded Texas and TCU on Monday in their bid to become the first repeat NCAA champion since UConn’s run of four straight from 2013-16.

Madness continues on Thursday with four Sweet 16 games, including No. 1 seed Duke and Cooper Flagg facing No. 4 Arizona.