On Sunday, the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament completed the last 2 regional finals setting up the Final 4 for New Orleans!

This year the Final 4 schools are Kentucky, Louisville, Kansas & Ohio State. The field consists of a #1 seed, a #4 seed & 2 #2 seeds.

According to the sports books Kentucky is the odds on favorite at 4-5 with Louisville the dark horse at 6-1. Kansas & Ohio State are both 4-1.

The Final 4 will start Saturday March 31st at 3:09 PST with the Kentucky Wildcats facing former coach Rick Pitino & their in-state rival Louisville Cardinals in the 1st National Semi-Final.

The 2nd matchup of the night will feature the 2nd seeded Ohio State Buckeyes vs fellow 2 seed Kansas Jayhawks. Ohio State & Kansas have combined to lose 9 National Championship games so both teams will be looking for more then a Monday night matchup with the boys from the Blue Grass State.

The National Championship will take place Monday April 2nd at 5PM PST LIVE on CBS(Channel 8) from the New Orleans Superdome.   

Thursday & Friday night the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament will cut it's field from the Sweet 16 down to the Elite 8.

The 8 winning teams from Thursday & Friday will face off Saturday & Sunday for a Final Four berth in the Big Easy NEXT weekend!

Here's a schedule of the Sweet 16 matchups:

Thursday ~ East

1 Syracuse vs 4 Wisconsin @ 4:15PM

2 Ohio State vs 6 Cincinnati @ 6:45PM

Thursday ~ West

1 Michigan State vs 4 Louisville @ 4:47PM

3 Marquette vs 7 Florida @ 7:17PM

Friday ~ South

3 Baylor vs 10 Xavier @ 4:15PM

1 Kentucky vs 4 Indiana @ 6:45PM

Friday ~ Midwest

1 North Carolina vs 13 Ohio @ 4:47PM

2 Kansas vs North Carolina State @ 7:17PM

Even though UNLV didn't get a chance to play Saturday, 8 schools DID punch their ticket to the Sweet 16. Here they are by region:

South Region

1 Kentucky 87 ~ 8 Iowa State 71

4 Indiana 63 ~ 12 VCU 61

3 Baylor 80 ~ 11 Colorado 63

West Region

4 Louisville 59 ~ 5 New Mexico 56

3 Marquette 62 ~ 6 Murray State 53

East Region

1 Syracuse 75 ~ 8 Kansas State 59

4 Wisconsin 60 ~ 5 Vanderbilt 57

2 Ohio State 73 ~ 7 Gonzaga 66

Sunday's 8 Battles for Sweet 16 Berths

South

10 Xavier vs 15 Lehigh

West

1 Michigan State vs 9 St. Louis

7 Florida vs 15 Norfolk State

East

6 Cincinnati vs 3 Florida State

Midwest

1 North Carolina vs Creighton

12 South Florida vs 13 Ohio

11 North Carolina State vs 3 Georgetown

10 Purdue vs 2 Kansas