Top 3 seeds in each NCAA bracket all advance - Sweet 16 Bracket

Well my favorite teams are out of the tourney, but my bracket at least is mostly in tact. The #1 seeds haven't had much trouble lately disposing of teams with ease, except for a little scare from Texas.


The top three seeds in each bracket in the NCAA have all advanced to the Sweet 16. And the Sweet 16 includes five Big East schools. The Sweet 16 lineup looks like this: In the East, top-seed Pittsburgh plays fourth-seed Xavier and second-seed Duke is against three-seed Villanova. In the South, top-seed North Carolina takes on fourth-seed Gonzaga and second-seed Oklahoma plays three-seed Syracuse. In the West, it's top-seed Connecticut against fifth-seed Purdue and second-seed Memphis against third-seed Missouri. In the Midwest, top-seed Louisville plays 12th-seed Arizona and second-seed Michigan State is against third-seed Kansas.
Tiny Siena was leading top-seed Louisville by six with seven minutes left in that David vs. Goliath Midwest Regional second-round game. Then Louisville forward Terrence Williams took over and wouldn't let the Cardinals lose. Williams finished with 24 points and 15 rebounds as the top-seeded Cardinals reached the Round of 16 for the second straight year with a 79-72 win over Siena. The senior forward had nine points, five rebounds, a steal and two passes for layups down the stretch.
The top-seeded Pitt Panthers had another close call before pulling out an 84-78 triumph over Oklahoma State to reach the East Regional semifinal. Sam Young poured in 32 points and had seven rebounds for the Panthers, who were tied at 74 with 2:42 left before closing on a 10-2 run.
Pittsburgh next faces Xavier, which put together a 13-4 run late in the second half to beat Wisconsin 60-49. B.J. Raymond scored 15 points and the Musketeers held the Badgers to 29 percent shooting, including 3-for-20 from three-point range.
Syracuse reached the round of 16 with a 78-67 win over Arizona State in the South Regional. Eric Devendorf scored 21 points and Andy Rautins added 17 to lead the Orange. Devendorf drained a pair of three-pointers after the Sun Devils trimmed a 15-point, second-half deficit to 61-57. Syracuse plays Oklahoma next.
Kansas is four wins from its second straight NCAA championship following a 60-43 win against Dayton at Minneapolis to reach the Midwest Regional semifinals. Cole Aldrich posted the sixth triple-double in tourney history, finishing with 13 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocks. Sherron Collins had 25 points.
Michigan State's Travis Walton, the Big Ten defensive player of the year, scored a career-high 18 points to lift the second-seeded Spartans to a 74-69 victory over 10th-seeded Southern California. That puts Tom Izzo's club in the round of 16 for the eighth time in 12 years.
No. 12 Arizona is the lone double-digit seed left standing after the Wildcats knocked out No. 13 Cleveland State 71-57 in the Midwest Regionals at Miami. Arizona had four players with at least 15 points, led by Nic Wise's 21. Jordan Hill added 16 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats, who entered the tournament with just one victory in their previous six games.
Missouri freshman Kim English came off the bench with 5.5 seconds left and made two free throws for the hurting J.T. Tiller to lift the Tigers to an 83-79 victory over Marquette in the West Regional. English, who scored 15 of his 17 points during an amazing four and a half minute stretch in the first half.