Final Four 2022: Steve Lavin, college basketball coaching great, breaks down big matchups
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The 2022 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four features some of the most compelling storylines and matchups of any in recent history.
The teams play at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans starting Saturday night with the games between Duke and North Carolina and Kansas and Villanova. The winners will meet for the national championship at the same venue Monday night.
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The men's basketball Division I national championship trophy is displayed on the court ahead of the Final Four during the NCAA men's basketball tournament at the Caesars Superdome March 31, 2022, in New Orleans. (Jack Dempsey/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
Duke is looking for its sixth national championship as coach Mike Krzyzewski’s tenure with the Blue Devils comes to a close. The Blue Devils will have to get past a North Carolina team that got hot during the tournament after routing the Blue Devils in Coach K’s final home game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. It’s the first time these two bitter rivals have met in the NCAA Tournament.
North Carolina coach Hubert Davis is in his rookie season as a head coach. He’s the second head coach to lead his alma mater to a Final Four in his first year. The last to do it was Dick Harp of Kansas in 1956. The Tar Heels are hoping to win their seventh national championship.
Kansas and Villanova may have fewer compelling storylines, but both are legit contenders.
The Jayhawks boast some of the top talent in the nation in Ochai Agbaji and Remy Martin. The Wildcats have the ability to counter with Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels. Villanova lost Justin Moore for the remainder of the tournament to