After raising the Final Four banner Monday, this Aztecs team is eager to make its own name.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/college/byu-expects-street-fight-with-no-17-san-diego-state/article_684487bf-c1c3-55b3-83d1-79baf74f99b7.html

Also, it sounds like a great men’s basketball Final Four game from the early 1990s.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-college-football-bowl-preview-20231214-3bq27sh2tjcenbdrmad2y6q2vq-story.html

Avery County resident Coach Hugh Durham directs his Georgia team from the sidelines during the 1982-83 NCAA Eastern Regionals which the Bulldogs won to advance to the Final Four.

Source: https://www.hcpress.com/sports/ncaa-eastern-regional-championship-and-final-four-teamcoached-by-avery-resident-hugh-durham-honored-atuniversity-of-georgia.html

A win would’ve allowed the Buffs to play at home one more time with a berth in the NIT Final Four on the line.

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/03/19/utah-valley-ends-season-for-colorado-mens-basketball-in-second-round-of-nit/

But somehow head coach Teri Moran’s team is even better, and is looking to make a run at the Final Four.

Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/03/13/ncaa-womens-basketball-tournament-predictions-indiana-vs-tennessee-tech-or-monmouth/

Campbell shows no fear in big-game situations, and he has got Final Four experience.

Source: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/college-basketball-tiers-tyger-campbell-marcus-carr-among-top-playmakers

Clark was asked about ticket prices being higher on the secondary market in Dallas than for the men’s Final Four in Houston.

Source: https://www.kjan.com/index.php/2023/03/underdog-iowa-women-play-top-ranked-south-carolina-in-dallas-tonight-friday-night/

Duke University’s semifinal loss to rival North Carolina at last year’s men’s Final Four was coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final game in his 42-year Hall of Fame career.

Source: https://timesdelphic.com/2023/02/why-the-final-four-consolation-game-should-be-reinstated/

Embrace the excitement and culture of Dallas, Texas, ahead of the Women’s Final Four games at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel in the epicenter of the city’s hustle and bustle.

Source: https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/marriott-bonvoy-offers-epic-sports-experiences-as-ncaa-official-hotel-partn/

Few called timeout and drew up a play for Julian Strawther, who hit a deep three to beat the Bruins that felt eerily similar to Jalen Suggs’ game-winner in the 2021 Final Four in this same matchup.

Source: https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2023/3/25/23648805/elite-eight-teams-ranked-march-madness-ncaa-tournament

Fudd was asked a lot of questions on Selection Sunday about whether she feels any pressure to come back and play at a certain level to help the Huskies reach a 15th consecutive Final Four.

Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/03/14/were-a-whole-different-team-how-azzi-fudds-return-impacts-uconn-women-entering-ncaa-tournament/

Furthermore, as the Utes spent the final three months of the regular season ranked inside the top 10, a potential deep NCAA Tournament, maybe all the way to the Final Four, became more real, at least from the outside.

Source: https://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-utes/2023/03/19/should-womens-ncaa-tournament-be/

Gillespie was the starting point guard and captain of the North Carolina State team that, under legendary coach Kay Yow, advanced to the Women's Final Four in 1998.

Source: https://m.startribune.com/four-potential-candidates-to-replace-lindsay-whalen-as-gophers-womens-basketball-coach/600256134/

His teams have lost the first game in a conference tournament and made the Final Four (in 2021) and won a conference tournament and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament (in 2019, at Cincinnati).

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2023-03-01/march-madness-usc-ucla-national-champion

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The 2023 NCAA Final Four event is just around the corner, and Houston's very own Megan Thee Stallion will be headlining the March Madness Music Festival.

Source: https://abc13.com/megan-thee-stallion-houston-final-four-march-madness-music-festival-ncaa/12938396/

Ingram and his Loyola teammates became local celebrities when the Ramblers reached the Final Four, so much so that some fans evenfollowed them back to their apartments after class just to get an autograph or a selfie.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/03/05/catching-up-with-the-2012-13-simeon-wolverines-where-theyve-been-and-where-they-are-now/

In their second season under head coach (7-0, 0-0 SEC) are off to their best start since the 2016-2017 squad began the year in the Final Four, by the way.

Source: https://www.fitsnews.com/2023/12/03/undefeated-south-carolina-clemson-mens-hoops-teams-on-collision-course/

In those 12 years, the Big 12 has recorded just two berths in the women’s Final Four, though both were national championship seasons by Baylor (2012, 2019).

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/07/31/womens-basketball-jr-payne-ready-for-new-challenges-in-cu-buffs-move-to-big-12/

Iowa’s junior guard, though, saved her best performance for the game’s biggest stage, recording the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history to get Iowa to the Final Four for the first time in 30 years.

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/2586499/iowas-caitlin-clark-wins-ap-player-of-the-year.html

I still don’t know if I’m 100% bought into the idea that this Kansas team can win a national championship, but it’s certainly a good team that can make a run to the Final Four.

Source: https://1350kman.com/2023/03/emaw-onlines-big-12-tournament-predictions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emaw-onlines-big-12-tournament-predictions