2019 TVNewser Bracket Challenge Update: Sweet 16

The 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is back in action tonight with the West regional semifinals (also known as The Sweet 16).

The festivities begin tonight. West region No. 4 seed Florida State takes on No. 1 seed Gonzaga tonight at 7:09 p.m. ET on CBS. The second regional semifinal matchup this evening features South region No. 3 seed Purdue vs. No. 2 seed Tennessee at 7:29 p.m. ET on TBS.

Then, there’s West region No. 3 seed Texas Tech vs. No. 2 seed Michigan at 9:39 p.m. ET on CBS. The last game of the evening is South region No. 12 seed Oregon vs. No. 1 seed Virginia at 9:57 p.m. ET on TBS.

Tliar face who’s still in the lead. But this time, she has some company. Yes, that’s right, Fox Nation host Abby Hornacek remains at the top in the heap, but she is now joined by NBC News White House correspondent and Saturday Today co-host Peter Alexander. Each has 57 points going into tonight’s Sweet 16 action.

Fox News sports reporter Jared Max and TVNewser editor A.J. Katz follow them with 53 points apiece.

Right on their heels are two Weather Channel on-camera meterologists, Paul Goodloe and Alex Wallace, as well as NBC News Chief White House correspondent Hallie Jackson. Each has 52 points.

CNBC Squawk on the Street / Closing Bell anchor Sara Eisen and Power Lunch co-anchor Tyler Mathisen have 51 points apiece. There’s a squad of TV Newsers right behind them with 50 points, including their CNBC colleagues Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen, cohosts of Squawk Box.

RANK	TEAM NAME	SCORE	CORRECT	BEST SCORE	BEST CORRECT	CHAMPION
STANDINGS – 2019 ROUND 2
1	Abby Hornacek	57	43	173	56	Virginia (157)
1	PETER ALEXANDER	57	41	185	56	Gonzaga (156)
3	A.J. Katz (TVNewser)	53	39	181	54	Duke (152)
3	Jared Max	53	39	177	53	Gonzaga (142)
5	Alex Wallace	52	38	180	53	Duke (159)
5	Hallie Jackson	52	38	180	53	N. Carolina (128)
5	Paul Goodloe	52	38	168	51	N. Carolina (123)
8	sara eisen	51	37	179	52	Duke (168)
8	Tyler Mathisen	51	37	179	52	Virginia (124)
10	Alex Wilson	50	37	178	52	Virginia (138)
10	Andrew Sorkin	50	37	178	52	Duke (143)
10	Joe Kernen	50	36	178	51	N. Carolina (129)
10	Kasie Hunt	50	38	174	52	Michigan (112)
10	kevin corke	50	36	178	51	Gonzaga (149)
10	Melissa Knowles	50	37	178	52	Duke (123)
16	Becky Quick	49	36	177	51	Duke (152)
17	bob van dillen	48	36	168	49	N. Carolina (123)
17	Brian Sullivan	48	35	176	50	N. Carolina (145)
17	Dan Colarusso	48	36	160	48	Michigan (135)
17	Dominic Chu	48	36	176	51	Kentucky (129)
17	Jonathan Ferro	48	36	172	50	Gonzaga (147)
17	Judy Woodruff	48	36	172	50	Duke (222)
17	matt quayle	48	35	172	49	Gonzaga (145)
17	Scarlet Fu	48	36	172	50	Gonzaga (148)
17	Todd Piro	48	34	176	49	Duke (77)
26	Brian Steel	47	35	175	50	N. Carolina (142)
26	Craig Melvin	47	36	111	46	Wofford (150)
26	Peter Doocy	47	36	111	46	Villanova (175)
29	Edward Lawrence	46	35	174	50	N. Carolina (169)
29	janelle rodriguez	46	35	170	49	Duke (151)
29	John Berman	46	34	146	46	Duke (146)
29	Tom Keene	46	33	174	48	N. Carolina (154)
33	Dianne Gallagher	45	33	173	48	N. Carolina (141)
33	Dylan Dreyer	45	34	169	48	LSU (151)
33	Todd Bonin	45	35	173	50	Gonzaga (139)
33	Trey Yingst	45	35	153	46	Duke (162)
37	Liz Claman	44	33	156	45	Gonzaga (158)
37	Michael Rancilio	44	32	172	47	Michigan St. (138)
39	Susan Li	43	33	135	43	Duke (133)
40	Stuart Varney	42	31	158	44	Duke (152)
41	Kristin Fisher	41	31	161	44	Virginia (141)
42	Jason Kelly	39	29	163	43	Gonzaga (142)
42	Lynn Smith	39	30	107	41	Maryland (135)
44	Stephanie Abrams	37	28	105	39	Florida (137)
44	Willie Geist	37	28	161	42	Duke (151)
46	Vonnie Quinn	35	27	87	35	Ohio St. (261)
47	Jessica Golden	31	25	135	35	N. Carolina (150)