If you’re a fan of basketball, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a four-game stretch more exciting than Saturday’s Sweet 16 Slate.
Things kick off with action from Regional 3 (Birmingham), with No. 2-seed TCU meeting No. 3-seed Notre Dame in a rematch at 1 p.m. ET followed by No. 1-seed Texas tussling with No. 5-seed Tennessee at 3:30 p.m. ET. Both games will be on ABC. Then, the stage shifts to Regional 4 (Spokane), where No. 3-seed Oklahoma looks to challenge No. 2-seed UConn at 5:30 p.m. ET and No. 5-seed Kansas State will face No. 1-seed USC at 8 p.m. ET. The second set of games will be broadcast on ESPN.
Even with two No. 1-seed teams in play, all four games project to be barn burners. Here’s why:
No. 2-seed TCU vs. No. 3-seed Notre Dame (1 p.m. ET, ABC)
TCU was the subject of many, many conversations last offseason. Hailey Van Lith was changing scenery once again after looking like a shell of herself at LSU. Sedona Prince, at 24 years old, was returning for yet another season of college basketball….
