European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes wednesday March 212007 second straight Victory has Johnson looking Down Road at a repeat Page 31 Sweet 16 a singular sensation double digit seeds out no 7 univ is biggest Surprise in the bracket by Jim Oconnell the associated press there wont be any Little Guys to pull for on the second weekend of the Mcaa tournament for just the second time since the Field expanded to 64 teams in 1985 no double digit seed advanced to the round of 16 Winthrop was the last of the teams seeded 10th or lower to have a Chance to reach the third round but the let seeded eagles lost 7561 to Oregon on Sun Day the Only other double digit seed to Advance to the second round no 12 Virginia common wealth lost 8479 in overtime to Pittsburgh on saturday no double digit seed reached the third round in 1995 and Only five times since 1985 had Only one moved on the most to reach the round of 16 was five in 1999 when this magic carpet ride comes to an end it ends rather abruptly and its not an easy thing to accept Winthrop coach Gregg Marshall said last year no 11 George Mason which went on to the final four and no 13 Bradley reached the third round the Lack of double digit seeds in the Sweet 16 Doest mean the tournament is without mid a Jors fifth seeded Butler and no 4 Southern Illinois justified their High seeding by advancing and did so at the expense of acc teams Butler edged Maryland on saturday and the Salukis topped Virginia tech on sunday that leaves the conference that had the most teams in the Field of 65 seven with just East regional top seed North Carolina still alive and one of the three Power conferences that started with six the big ten also is Down to one team South regional no 1 Ohio state after Midwest no 2 seed Wisconsin was upset by univ last year no big ten team advanced to the Sweet 16 the Southeastern conference which started with five teams and the pac10 which started with six each have three teams Stih alive the big 12 which started with four and the big East which started with six both have two playing in the Sweet 16 Wisconsin loss on sunday was an upset but rarely have All of the no 1 and no 2 seeds advanced to the Sweet 16 since 1985 the top two from each Region moved on to the third round Only twice in 1989 and 1995 the West regional with Kan Sas Urcla Pittsburgh and South Ern Illinois is the Only one with the top four seeds still alive but the other regions Are not that far off in the South no 5 Tennessee joins Ohio state Memphis and Texas the easts highest seed is no 6 Vanderbilt joining no 5 us and the top seeds North Carolina and Georgetown and Only the seventh seeded Runnin rebels upset of the bad Gers kept the Midwest from being close to form As Overall no 1 seed Florida is joined by no 3 Oregon and no5 Butler the gators matched the last six defending National champions by advancing to the third round with their 7467 Victory Over Purdue the last two North Carolina and Connecticut both had their runs at a second straight title end in the round of 16 the last team to repeat was Duke in 1992 this is fun right now gators coach Billy Donovan said after the Victory Over Purdue they should enjoy winning i know they  enjoy the other Side of it if we were going Home and this was Over so we need to enjoy this Nam y the univ Bench erupts in Celebration after the rebels upset Wisconsin on sunday to reach the Sweet 16 Elaine players on winthrops Bench sit quietly late in the game against Oregon on sunday the eagles were the last double digit seed in the tournament Rick Kevin Durant bends Down at the end of Texas East regional loss to Southern California on sunday top seeds enjoy cakewalk in women openers