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Illinois and Houston meet in the Sweet 16 on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at Toyota Center in Houston, with tipoff set for 10:05 PM ET on TBS and truTV. Illinois comes in at 26-8 after handling Penn and then beating VCU 76-55, while Houston is 30-6 after dominant tournament wins over Idaho and Texas A&M. This is the kind of matchup bettors usually want in March: two high-level teams, two very different paths to control, and a spread that says the margin should stay tight. Houston also gets a setting that feels a little more comfortable than a standard neutral floor. Toyota Center is not a campus gym, obviously, but playing in Houston is still a real edge in terms

Texas has turned this tournament into a real March run, and now the 11-seeded Longhorns get another shot at a heavyweight when they face the 2-seeded Purdue Boilermakers in the Sweet 16 at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana. Tipoff is set for Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET. Texas comes in after an 18-14 regular season and has pushed its overall record to 21-14 by winning three NCAA tournament games, while Purdue is up to 29-8 after taking care of Queens and Miami to reach another regional semifinal. From a betting angle, this is one of the more interesting Sweet 16 spreads on the board. Purdue is laying 7.5 points, the Boilermakers are priced at -345 on

Nebraska and Iowa meet Thursday in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, with tipoff set for 12:00 PM ET at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Nebraska enters ranked No. 15 in the AP poll at 26-6, while Iowa comes in at 21-12 and gets the benefit of a familiar floor in a matchup that should feel more like a pressure-packed Big Ten grinder than a wide-open tournament game. The Cornhuskers have built real momentum with a strong postseason push, and Iowa has enough shot-making and home-court juice to make this uncomfortable for long stretches. With Nebraska listed at -2.5 on the spread, -155 on the moneyline, and the total sitting at 133.5, this game

Arkansas and Arizona meet in the Sweet 16 on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at SAP Center in San Jose, with tipoff set for 12:00 PM ET on CBS. By the time this game gets here, the records are no longer regular-season numbers. Arkansas is 28-8 after rolling through the SEC Tournament and opening March Madness with wins over Hawai’i and High Point, while Arizona is 34-2 after taking care of LIU and Utah State and extending its win streak to 11 games. The market is treating Arizona like the better and more complete team, but not quite like a runaway favorite. ESPN’s odds feed showed Arizona opening -9.5 and sitting at -7.5 later Thursday, with the total at 165.5 and