ESPN’s computer model, the Basketball Power Index, is predicting the winners of all eight NCAA Tournament games on Sunday.
There are eight more NCAA Tournament second round games on tap for Sunday. The action starts shortly after noon E.T. and will run close to midnight. While the NCAA Tournament is facing heat for its Sunday schedule – fans are unhappy with how spread out the games are – we’ll hopefully still get a fun day of hoops action.
Here’s the full schedule for Sunday:
- No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 7 Miami at 12:15 p.m. E.T. on CBS
- No. 2 Iowa State vs. No. 7 Kentucky at 2:45 p.m. E.T. on CBS
- No. 4 Kansas vs. No. 5 St. John’s at 5:15 p.m. E.T. on CBS
- No. 3 Virginia vs. No. 6 Tennessee at 6:10 p.m. E.T. on TNT
- No. 1 Florida vs. No. 9 Iowa at 7:10 p.m. E.T. on TBS
- No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 9 Utah State at 7:50 p.m. E.T. on truTV
- No. 2 UConn vs. No. 7 UCLA at 8:45 p.m. E.T. on TNT
- No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 5 Texas Tech at 9:45 p.m. E.T. on TBS
Heading into Sunday’s games, ESPN’s computer model, the Basketball Power Index, has predicted the winners of all eight games.
ESPN’s BPI predicts all eight games
No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 7 Miami
Winner: Purdue, 77.9%
No. 2 Iowa State vs. No. 7 Kentucky
Winner: Iowa State, 70.6%
No. 4 Kansas vs. No. 5 St. John’s
Winner: St. John’s, 57.1%
No. 3 Virginia vs. No. 6 Tennessee
Winner: Tennessee, 60.5%
No. 1 Florida vs. No. 9 Iowa
Winner: Florida, 78.6%
No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 9 Utah State
Winner: Arizona, 82.9 %
No. 2 UConn vs. No. 7 UCLA
Winner: UConn, 66.6%
No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 5 Texas Tech
Winner: Alabama, 54.2%
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The games begin in less than one hour.
This story was originally published by The Spun on Mar 22, 2026, where it first appeared in the College Basketball section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.