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Good morning! Close out that task before overtime today.
Two high seeds entered last night’s games in position to advance to their respective Sweet 16s. Both had to sweat:
On the men’s side, No. 1 seed Houston really, really tried to lose to No. 9 seed Texas A&M. There is always a fine line between grit and collapse in these sorts of games. On one hand, Houston squandered a 12-point lead with two minutes remaining and allowed this to happen as.