Overview
- Alvaro Folgueiras hit a right-corner 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds left to give No. 9 Iowa a 73-72 win over defending champion Florida in Tampa.
- The Hawkeyes advance to play No. 4 Nebraska on Thursday in Houston under first-year head coach Ben McCollum.
- Florida became the first No. 1 seed eliminated and did not get off a final shot after briefly taking the lead in the closing seconds.
- The Big Ten put six teams into the Sweet 16 — Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska and Iowa — one of the largest conference showings in years.
- Elsewhere, St. John’s advanced on Dylan Darling’s buzzer-beating layup over Kansas, and No. 2 UConn beat No. 7 UCLA 73-57 to return to the second weekend.