Sweet Sixteen Bracket

The Sweet Sixteen bracket is determined after the first two rounds of the March Madness college basketball tournaments. The bracket features the top four teams in each of the regional brackets, two each from the west, south, midwest and east.

The NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments are held each year in the spring. The men's tournament includes 65 teams, with one team being eliminated first in the play-in game. The women's tournament contains 64 teams to start. Each tournament is played with a single-elimination format.

In the 2010 March Madness tournaments, the Sweet sixteen round was played on March 25 and March 26 for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 2010 and on March 28 and 29 for the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament 2010.http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-baskbl/champpage/m-baskbl-div1-index.html http://www.ncaa.com/champ/wbasket-div1-champ.html The teams competing in the men's tournament were announced on Selection Sunday, March 14, 2010, while the women's teams were named on Selection Monday, March 15, 2010. At the time of the announcement, all teams were selected and seeded into one of four regional brackets, where they competed in the first four rounds of the tournaments.

Men's Sweet Sixteen games were played at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, and Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-baskbl/champpage/m-baskbl-div1-index.html Women's Sweet Sixteen games were contested at the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio, Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, and ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.http://www.ncaa.com/champ/wbasket-div1-champ.html

Like the term March Madness, Sweet Sixteen is a casual term that describes the final 16 teams remaining in the tournaments. The sixteen teams include four each from the regional brackets and are determined after the first two rounds of the NCAA Basketball Tournaments. The Sweet Sixteen is followed by the Elite Eight, with eight teams, two from each of the regional areas, remaining. The Elite Eight winners continue on to the elusive Final Four, then the two winners from the round square off for the championship in the NCAA Championship Game.