Final Four predictions include shocking pick to win title

The 2026 NCAA Tournament has been the usual wild ride (Good lord, UConn, and you , Braylon Mullins), and now we’re down to the Final Four , sports fans. No surprise there. But it is a bit jarring not to see Duke among the Regional winners.

As you most definitely have heard, read, and seen and seen and see again, Dan Hurley’s Huskies delivered a doozy of a victory over the disbelieving Blue Devils. So, it’s Connecticut vs. Illinois to tip things off Saturday, April 4 (6:09 p.

m. ET/3:09 p. m.

PT, TBS/TNT/truTV/HBO Max), followed by the highly anticipated Michigan vs. Arizona showdown (8:49 p. m.