Sweet 16 2010: Start Time, Schedule and Matchups

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Start Time and Schedule for the March Madness 2010 Sweet 16

The NCAA tournament 2010 is well underway. The fat has been cut, the strong have survived, and teams are gearing up for the Sweet Sixteen, which starts Thursday, March 25th in Thursday in Salt Lake City and Syracuse, N.Y.

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It was one of the more memorable openings in March Madness history, with a variety of buzzer beaters (two more on Sunday), close games (13 games decided by 3 points or less and 4 overtime games) and upsets (lower seeded teams won 16 of the tournaments opening round games).

While the opening round may have screwed up your bracket (Kansas anyone?), the unpredictability only added to the excitement.

The best 16 teams of 2010 are preparing to face off in hopes of moving closer to winning a championship. Here are the Sweet 16 match-ups.

Sweet 16 2010 Match-ups and Schedule

• 1 Syracuse Orangemen vs. 5 Butler Bulldogs
• 2 West Virginia Mountaineers vs. 11 Washington Huskies
• 2 Kansas State Wildcats vs. 6 Xavier Musketeers
• 1 Kentucky Wildcats vs. 12 Cornell Big Red
• 2 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. 6 Tennessee Volunteers
• 3 Baylor Bears vs. 10 St. Mary Gaels
• 5 Michigan State Spartans vs. 9 Northern Iowa Panthers
• 1 Duke Blue Devils vs. 4 Purdue Boilermakers

Thursday March 25th's schedule looks like: