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NCAA Latest: Tacko-Zion matchup highlights 2nd round games
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NCAA Latest: Tacko-Zion matchup highlights 2nd round games

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 8:55 p.m. ET

The Latest on the second round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):

11:45 p.m.

Oregon has beaten UC Irvine 73-54 to earn the final spot in a Sweet 16 filled with top seeds.

Payton Pritchard scored 18 points for the 12th-seeded Ducks, who next face No. 1 seed Virginia in the South Region.

UC Irvine, a No. 13 seed, had beaten Kansas State for a big first-round upse but couldn't earn another win.

Oregon is the lowest-seeded team still alive in a tournament that has seen the headliners avoid major upsets. In all, 14 of the top 16 seeds reached the regional rounds, while the No. 1, 2 and 3 seeds all survived for the first time since 2009.

Oregon is the only double-digit seed to make it to the Sweet 16.

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