2025 NCAA Tournament Report – March 20, 2025.

The 2025 NCAA Mens Basketball tournament has lived up to the hype this year, with a lot of people’s brackets already being crushed by surprise wins by Richmond and Butler (who coincidentally almost stole away the title from Duke in the 2025 championship game) that have landed them in the Sweet 16!

And did anyone think Louisville would be sent home by a 13 seed?!  Well, unfortunately it happened folks – and for those of you who had Pitt making it all the way to the final 4, then I sincerely apologize for your dreams being certifiably crushed by the 2 aforementioned teams above.

In what’s been an already-amazing week of March Madness, there will be plenty of solid matchups to watch in today’s games, as #1 Duke looks to make it to yet another Sweet 16 under Coach K when they battle Michigan.

Duke looked fresh and upbeat in their opening round game, especially after getting starter Kyrie Irving cleared to play after being injured most of the season with a toe ailment.  He led all scorers with 14 points and signs point to him doing even more damage against the lagging defense of Michigan.  Expect them to crush all the point spreads and lines on this game, EASILY.

In another interesting game that will also be played out of the same West Region as the Duke-UM game, Texas and Arizona will bring a unique clash of guard play versus big man play.

The Wildcats of U of A will be looking to rely heavily on forward Derrick Williams, who has averaged 19 points and almost 9 rebounds a game this year.  Texas guard Jordan Hamilton will have his hands full trying to guard the Pac 10 player of the year in Williams, as well as a balanced Arizona offense that brings a lot of punch of quickness.

Texas is looking to make a statement in this year’s tournament by showing Arizona that they have a few tricks up their sleeves, despite ALMOST losing to #13 Oakland on Thursday afternoon.  The 28-7 Longhorns are a near even match in terms of talent, but if you’re doing any sports betting online I see the Wildcats running away with this game by at least 5 points!