HOUSTON — It's a stark contrast between the 2023 Final Four and the 2022 Final Four. Last year featured blue bloods everywhere.
Duke, North Carolina, Villanova, Kansas. Sixty-one combined Final Four appearances, 18 combined national championships. This year?
Three of the four teams had never been to a Final Four before this season. One had never even won an NCAA tournament game before this season.
It's not all that dissimilar to the 2011 Final Four in Houston, which featured a 3-seed, 4-seed, 8-seed and 11-seed. This year, we have 5-seed San Diego State facing 9-seed Florida Atlantic — don't call them Cinderellas! — on one side (6:09 p.m.
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