Sweet Sixteen

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round of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament sports tournament stage

Sweet Sixteen is the round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament in which 16 remaining teams compete for spots in the Elite Eight.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1
Sweet 16 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf round of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ
sports tournament stage ⓘ
abbreviation Sweet Sixteen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Sweet Sixteen
advancesTo Elite Eight ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Regional semifinals ⓘ
broadcastOn CBS ⓘ
TBS ⓘ
TNT ⓘ
truTV ⓘ
competitionLevel NCAA Division I ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
determines participants in Elite Eight ⓘ
follows Second Round of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ
format eight games total ⓘ
genderCategory men's ⓘ
hasNotableUpsets yes ⓘ
hasSeeding teams seeded 1 through 16 in each region ⓘ
levelInBracket third weekend round ⓘ
loserElimination yes ⓘ
numberOfTeams 16 ⓘ
occursDuring NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
surface form: March Madness
organizer National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
partOf NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
precedes Elite Eight ⓘ
regionStructure four regions of four teams each ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
tournamentType single-elimination ⓘ
typicalSchedule late March ⓘ
winnerCount 8 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sweet Sixteen → abbreviation → Sweet Sixteen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Sweet Sixteen
¡Uno! → hasPart → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet 16
The Big Dance → includesRound → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ
Midwest Region → includesRounds → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ