The 2024 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight tips-off this Sunday, March 31, with a pair of games that will be televised nationally via ABC.
First, the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks look to continue their run as tournament favorites against the Oregon State Beavers, who took “winning ugly” to a new level in their most recent victory. The NC State Wolfpack will then take on the Texas Longhorns in a matchup between two programs with a considerable amount of basketball history to show for. Here’s what we’ll be watching for as the Elite Eight begins.
Can Oregon State pull off an improbable upset against undefeated South Carolina?
The No. 3-seed Oregon State Beavers are back in the Elite Eight for the third time in program history, and they’ve reached this point by just about any means necessary.
Oregon State upset No. 2-seed Notre Dame in the Sweet 16, though the box score reflects a rather unorthodox route to victory. The Beavers committed 26 turnovers in the game (Notre Dame, on the other hand, committed only five) yet couldn’t have done much better with the possessions they kept, shooting 60.4 percent from the field. Defensively, Oregon State held star Irish freshman Hannah Hidalgo in check (4-for-17 shooting) and outrebounded Notre Dame 42-24 in a game that…
. Then, No. 3-seed NC State takes on No. 1-seed Texas (3 p.m. ET, ABC).){kind=link}