Sweet 16 is set

SWEET 16 SCHEDULE
(All tip-offs ET)

RALEIGH: Saturday
• No. 3 Louisville vs. No. 2 Baylor (ESPN, noon)
• No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 1 Maryland (ESPN, 2 p.m.)

BERKELEY: Saturday
• No. 9 Michigan St. vs. No. 4 Iowa St. (ESPN, 9 p.m.)
• No. 3 Ohio St. vs. No. 2 Stanford (ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.)

TRENTON: Sunday
• No. 4 California vs. No. 1 UConn (ESPN, noon)
• No. 6 ASU vs. No. 2 Texas A&M (ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.)

OKLAHOMA CITY: Sunday
• No. 7 Rutgers vs. No. 6 Purdue (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.)
• No. 4 Pitt vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.)

All games also available on ESPN360.com.

Mechelle Voepel has a nice preview column on the next round:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=voepel_mechelle&id=4013983

There are no mid-majors left in this tight lineup of teams. Conferences yielding Sweet 16 teams are:

Big East - Connecticut, Louisville, Pitt, Rutgers

Big 12 - Texas A&M, Iowa St, Baylor, Oklahoma

Big 10 - Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue

PAC 10 - Arizona State, Cal, Stanford

ACC - Maryland

SEC - Vanderbilt

But was anyone more surprised at a game so far than Michigan State's upset of Duke? (Except maybe Ruters killing Auburn) Mechelle Voepel has a great analysis:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=voepel_mechelle&id=4013555