The Sweet 16 is here and here are my picks for it
+BY: Matthew Owens
After a wild first weekend of the NCAA tournament, in which both Iowa State and Baylor lost to mid-major schools, the tournament is now down to 16 teams. America fell in love with Georgia State – the team that upset Baylor – but they lost in the round of 32. The University of Kansas lost to Wichita State in the other Sunflower Showdown. Now the Sweet 16 has been set with some great matchups. Can Kentucky win and go undefeated, or will another No. 1 seed like Wisconsin or Duke beat them? The shocker has been the No. 11 seed UCLA team, which many people thought should not be in the tournament, but UCLA proved them wrong and advanced to the Sweet 16.The best Sweet 16 matchups are Oklahoma and Michigan State or NC State and Louisville. But as usual, whichever game you watch, they will all be good.What are your predictions? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us at @smnwdotcom.
![Junior Venti Neaderhiser and senior Dylan Paflas work on their robot March 21 in Room C. The robotics team worked on their robot, Fred, to prepare for the FRC Worlds competition. “I was working with the bumpers on our robot that protect [the] frame [for] when we hit or bump into something,” Neaderhiseri said. “We have put a lot of work into building and coding the robot and have run into many difficulties but we have overcome every issue.” photo by Jack Pischke](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/JPischkeRoboticsteam-7-1-1200x795.jpg)
