The Latest: Hoping for better in second half of Sweet 16

The Latest: Hoping for better in second half of Sweet 16

Published Mar. 25, 2016 7:44 p.m. ET

The Latest on the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, with games Friday night in Philadelphia and Chicago (all times Eastern):

6:30 p.m.

The second-round of the Sweet 16 is about 40 minutes away and here's hoping it's better than Thursday's games, when each was decided by a double-digit margin.

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The action starts in Chicago with a contrast in styles in the Midwest region. Top-seeded Virginia, which plays at a methodical pace, faces No. 4 Iowa State, which likes to run.

In Philadelphia, No. 6 seed Notre Dame faces seventh-seeded Wisconsin in the East Region. Both teams got here with last-second, game-winning shots.

The second game in Chicago is No. 10 Syracuse against No. 11 Gonzaga, the closest thing the Sweet 16 has to underdog teams.

The main event in Philadelphia is top-seeded North Carolina against No. 5 seed Indiana. Ten national titles between the Tar Heels and Hoosiers

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