This year's Sweet 16 features no mid-majors — a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985 — with the SEC (a record-seven teams) and Big Ten (four) dominating the field. There are only four conferences with teams playing in the round and that's the fewest in NCAA Tournament history.

Only five double-digit seeds advanced over the past two days: two No. 10s, one No. 11 and two No. 12s. That ties the fewest since 2017.

While some might bemoan the lack of Cinderella in the second weekend of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, the consolation for your tiny dancer tears is a Sweet 16 schedule loaded with heavyweight matchups. Across the eight programs that will be playing during East Regional and West Regional games on Thursday night,