Get to know the Final Four teams in the NCAA Tournament
NEW YORK — For the second season in a row, the Final Four does not feature a single Cinderella. It’s likely a symptom of the NCAA’s name, image and likeness (NIL) and transfer-portal era, in which players possess unprecedented mobility and bigger-budgeted programs can poach the standouts from smaller schools. That’s not to say this year’s NCAA Tournament has been all chalk.
Top-seeded Duke was ...
NEW YORK — For the second season in a row, the Final Four does not feature a single Cinderella. It’s likely a symptom of the NCAA’s name, image and likeness (NIL) and transfer-portal era, in which players possess unprecedented mobility and bigger-budgeted programs can poach the standouts from smaller schools. That’s not to say this year’s NCAA Tournament has been all chalk.
Top-seeded Duke was eliminated by UConn on Sunday night in buzzer-beating fashion. Florida, Houston and Iowa State were all upset, too. That leaves 1-seed Arizona, 1-seed Michigan, 2-seed UConn and 3-seed Illinois as the last teams standing.
Here’s what you need to know before Arizona faces Michigan and UConn takes on llinois in Indianapolis: Arizona The Wildcats (36-2) emerged as the class of the loaded Big 12, surging to regular-season and conference-tournament championships over Houston, Iowa State, Kansas and Texas Tech. And they did it with balance. Arizona owns the country’s fourth-most-efficient offense and second-most-efficient defense, according to the analytics website KenPom.
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