Tue Mar 25 02:20:00 UTC 2025: ## March Madness Sunday: Giant Killers and Top Seeds Clash in Sweet Sixteen Race
**Raleigh, NC** – The first weekend of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament culminates today with eight nail-biting games determining the Sweet Sixteen participants. A stacked Sunday schedule features several marquee matchups, starting with a clash of titans at 12:10 p.m. ET: top-seeded Florida, fresh off a victory against Norfolk State, faces two-time defending champions UConn, who edged out Oklahoma. UConn holds a commanding 5-1 head-to-head record against Florida.
Other notable showdowns include: No. 1 Duke (featuring Cooper Flagg) versus No. 9 Baylor (2:40 p.m. ET); a trio of SEC showdowns – No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 6 Illinois (5:15 p.m. ET), No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 7 Saint Mary’s (6:10 p.m. ET), and No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 Iowa State (7:45 p.m. ET); and a pair of double-digit seeds vying for upsets: No. 12 Colorado State against No. 4 Maryland (7:10 p.m. ET) and No. 10 New Mexico versus No. 2 Michigan State (8:40 p.m. ET). The night concludes with a renewed rivalry between former Pac-12 foes, now Big Ten and Big 12 members: No. 5 Oregon versus No. 4 Arizona (9:40 p.m. ET).
Fans can catch the action across CBS, truTV, TBS, and TNT, with four games on each network. Streaming options include the March Madness Live app (with a TV provider login) and services like FuboTV (for CBS games) and SlingTV (for Warner Bros. Discovery channels).
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