The 2025 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight begins this Sunday, Mar. 30, with a pair of games that will be televised nationally on ABC.
First, at 1 p.m. ET, the No. 1-seed South Carolina Gamecocks will continue their title defense against the No. 2-seed Duke Blue Devils. Both teams have found themselves in closer-than-expected games thus far in the tournament, and while South Carolina won comfortably when it played Duke earlier this season, the way the Blue Devils have been defending recently suggests things will be more competitive this time around.
The No. 3-seed LSU Tigers will then take on the No. 1-seed UCLA Bruins at 3 p.m. ET. LSU and UCLA last met in last year’s Sweet 16, a game in which the Tigers emerged on top; UCLA will undoubtedly be looking to get revenge and show it’s worthy of the tournament’s top overall seed against an LSU offense that has plenty of skill at guard and some of the hardest workers in the country in its frontcourt.
Let’s take a closer look at both Elite Eight matchups and the keys to victory for each of the participating teams.
No. 2-seed Duke vs. No. 1-seed South Carolina (1 p.m. ET, ABC)
