The Elite Eight field in the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is set following a dramatic Sweet 16 over the past 48 hours, featuring top seeds No. 1 Duke, Michigan, and Arizona alongside No. 2 UConn, No. 2 Purdue, No. 3 Illinois, Cinderella No. 9 Iowa, and No. 6 Tennessee. Key recent results include Duke's narrow 80-75 escape over St. John's, Michigan's 90-77 rout of Alabama, Arizona's 109-88 demolition of Arkansas, Purdue's 79-77 thriller against Texas, and Tennessee's 76-62 upset of No. 2 Iowa State. Traders weigh momentum from these advances, Big Ten rivalries in Illinois-Iowa and Arizona-Purdue (Saturday Elite Eight games), plus Sunday's Michigan-Tennessee and UConn-Duke clashes on neutral sites, with no major injury reports altering rosters. Historical Final Four paths favor high seeds, but upsets like Iowa's run highlight upset potential in March Madness.