All four No. 1 seeds will be present in the Elite Eight after the Tigers and Cougars survived respective scares on Friday

The Cougars lost a 10-point second-half lead but quieted a Purdue-friendly crowd in Indianapolis with a slick out-of-bounds play.

March Madness 2025 continues on Friday, March 28, with the last four of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Sweet 16 games. Among those teams in action are No. 1 seeds Auburn and Houston, along with Tennessee, Kentucky and Ole Miss from the SEC. Michigan State, Michigan and Purdue also take the court.

No. 1 seed Houston advanced to the Elite Eight on a perfectly executed last-second inbounds play that led to a game-winning layup by Milos Uzan on Friday night, as the Cougars outlasted No. 4 seed Purdue 62-60 in a thrilling cap to the Sweet 16.

The top-seeded Houston Cougars were 10-0 in road games this season so facing Purdue in Indianapolis is nothing new.

A pair of huge Elite Eight showdowns are on the docket for Saturday, highlighted by a potentially epic clash between No. 1 seed Duke and No. 2 seed Alabama. Both teams reached 100 points in their Sweet 16 victories and are brimming with the high-end talent necessary to create a compelling March Madness showdown.