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For the first time since 2008, all four No. 1 seeds reached the Final Four.
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After a long year and NCAA Tournament, the women's basketball season will come to an end this weekend in Tampa, Florida, for the Final Four and National Championship game.
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BetMGM Sportsbook lists Florida as -155 on the moneyline for the March Madness Final Four game.
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Houston will have to survive the Tennessee Volunteers (2:20 p.m. ET) while Auburn will try to hold off Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans (5:05 p.m. ET) as the Elite Eight closes out in Indianapolis and Atlanta, respectively.
The last time the legendary coach brought a team that far in the NCAA Tournament was also in 2019. In that year's Elite Eight, his Michigan State team also took down the No. 1 overall seed to punch a ticket to the Final Four — a memorable 68-67 upset of Zion Williamson-led Duke.
All four No. 1 seeds will be present in the Elite Eight after the Tigers and Cougars survived respective scares on Friday
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WVTM 13 Birmingham on MSNWATCH LIVE: Auburn does a reverse Tiger Walk ahead of Final FourThe Tigers (32-5) earned their second Final Four trip, while the Spartans (30-7) fell short in their bid to send coach Tom Izzo to his ninth national semifinal. Head coach Bruce Pearl also led Auburn to its only previous Final Four appearance in 2019.
Madness continues Sunday with four more Elite Eight games in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments. The women started things off, with defending champion South Carolina outlasting Duke to return to the Final Four,
NCAA Men's Tournament continued Friday night with the second slate of the Sweet 16 action. Here are the highlights!
May the best 1 win. Here’s the bracket for the men’s NCAA Tournament:
Tennessee veterans Zakai Zeigler and Jahmai Mashack were part of the Volunteers team that lost to Purdue in the Elite Eight last year. They could have left to explore their professional basketball opportunities, but decided to return to Tennessee for another opportunity like the one they have today.