The final eight teams punched their tickets to the Sweet 16 on Sunday as the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament came to a close with a series of quality showdowns between teams fighting to keep their seasons alive.

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Tennessee advanced to its 37th NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in program history. The No. 5 seeded Lady Vols (24-9) defeated No. 4 seed Ohio State (26-7), 82-67, Sunday in the second round at Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio. First-year Tennessee head coach Kim Caldwell recapped the Lady Vols' win.

CLEVELAND –– 2-seed Alabama men's basketball cruised past 7-seed Saint Mary's 80-66 in the Round of 32 on Sunday night in Cleveland. Sunday night's win earned the Crimson Tide back-to-back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances for the first time since 1985-87––when Alabama head coach Nate Oats was in middle school.