The Massive Ten is undefeated in March Insanity no extra.
On Saturday, the No. 3 seed Wisconsin Badgers had been ousted from the 2025 males’s NCAA Event by the No. 6 seed BYU Cougars 91-89.
That meant the convention’s 10-0 begin to the competitors, an NCAA record, got here to an finish.
The No. 7 seed UCLA Bruins later fell to the No. 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers, leaving the league with a 10-2 report getting into Sunday.
The Massive Ten noticed eight groups qualify for the event, the second-most within the sport behind the SEC which noticed a report 14 members admitted to the 68-team discipline.
After Saturday’s outcomes, seven squads stay from the SEC and simply six from the Massive Ten.
The SEC arguably has the higher-quality seeds remaining (two No. 1 seeds, two No. 2 seeds, a No. 3 seed, a No. 6 seed and a No. 10 seed).
The Massive Ten, however, solely has No. 2 seed Michigan State and No. 4 seed Purdue as its highest remaining representatives. The remaining, together with convention event champion Michigan, are No. 5 seeds or decrease.
Sunday will characteristic one sport the place an SEC staff will face a Massive Ten staff: No. 6 seed Illinois vs. No. 3 seed Kentucky.
BYU made historical past of its personal with the victory. It will likely be enjoying within the Candy Sixteen for the first time since 2011 when program legend Jimmer Fredette was a Cougar.
As some specialists have famous, this system could’ve ended that 14-year drought earlier, however the 2020 event was canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Massive 12 Convention is now 9-1 at this yr’s event, truly proudly owning the perfect win proportion by any league up to now.
BYU departed the Mountain West for the ability convention in 2023, now seemingly proving realignment proponents proper within the argument over whether or not nationwide competitions like March Insanity may truly develop into extra aggressive consequently.
