Jace Richardson scored 24 points and Michigan State surged past Mississippi in the second half for a 73-70 victory Friday night in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.

Assistant coach Rod Clark didn’t need much time to think about the question late Friday night inside the Tennessee locker room. Were the Vols pissed off going into the Sweet 16 matchup with Kentucky?

The Wildcats shot a blistering 12-of-24 from three-point range in both of those earlier meetings, coming away with a 78-73 win on Jan. 28 and a 75-64 victory on Feb. 11 to hand the Volunteers two of their seven losses.

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

Kim Caldwell was hired nearly one year ago to be the coach at Tennessee, where she set a goal of reaching the Sweet 16 right away.

Kentucky's Mark Pope, whose team just won two March Madness games at Fiserv Forum, once called Milwaukee home permanently with the Bucks.

A picture of Zakai Zeigler goes viral ahead of Tennessee vs Kentucky in the Sweet 16 The Tennessee Volunteers are set to take on their rivals in the Sweet 16 as

The Tennessee men's basketball has never faced an SEC opponent in the NCAA Tournament.That will change Friday night.The two-seeded Vols advanced to the Sweet 16