Definitions
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- proper noun basketball, US, informal The sixteen teams participating in the regional semifinals of the
NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion. - proper noun basketball, US, informal The round of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament where all but 16 teams have been eliminated.
- proper noun basketball, US, informal An appearance in the Sweet Sixteen.
- proper noun A party for one's sixteenth birthday.
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Examples
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* The Sweet Sixteen gets underway tonight with 4 games.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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Gonzaga's 13 straight appearances in the NCAA tournament is tied for the fourth-longest streak in the country; the Bulldogs have advanced to at least the second round nine times and made the Sweet Sixteen as recently as 2009.
No Kennedy in Camelot Sophia Hollander 2011
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* The Sweet Sixteen gets underway tonight with 4 games.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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Butler, so adept at closing out games, was 6 minutes away from the Sweet Sixteen.
Underdawgs David Woods 2010
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These fifth-seeded Bulldogs have won 24 games in a row, have made the Sweet Sixteen three times this decade and are much respected by the college-hoops cognoscenti.
All Aboard the Butler Bandwagon Jason Gay 2010
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You know, when we came back from the Sweet Sixteen, there were about 20 people here.
Underdawgs David Woods 2010
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These fifth-seeded Bulldogs have won 24 games in a row, have made the Sweet Sixteen three times this decade and are much respected by the college-hoops cognoscenti.
All Aboard the Butler Bandwagon Jason Gay 2010
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These fifth-seeded Bulldogs have won 24 games in a row, have made the Sweet Sixteen three times this decade and are much respected by the college-hoops cognoscenti.
All Aboard the Butler Bandwagon Jason Gay 2010
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Stevens was on staffs of teams reaching the Sweet Sixteen in 2003 and 2007, and collectively those Bulldogs lost more games inside the league than outside.
Underdawgs David Woods 2010
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Only once in 26 years have all the top three seeds Nos. 1, 2, 3 made the Sweet Sixteen.
The Seattle Times 2011
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