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 Match 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 document getting into Sunday.
The Massive Ten noticed eight groups qualify for the match, the second-most within the sport behind the SEC which noticed a document 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 remainder, together with convention match champion Michigan, are No. 5 seeds or decrease.
Sunday will function one sport the place an SEC crew will face a Massive Ten crew: No. 6 seed Illinois vs. No. 3 seed Kentucky.
BYU made historical past of its personal with the victory. It is going to be enjoying within the Candy Sixteen for the first time since 2011 when program legend Jimmer Fredette was a Cougar.
As some consultants have famous, this system could’ve ended that 14-year drought earlier, however the 2020 match was canceled as a result of Covid-19 pandemic.
The Massive 12 Convention is now 9-1 at this 12 months’s match, truly proudly owning the most effective win share by any league to date.
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 in consequence.
