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Villanova's Caleb Daniels (14) walks down the hallway at the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in New Orleans. Villanova will play Kansas on Saturday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Villanova-Kansas renew high-stakes history at Final Four
By DAVE SKRETTA - AP Basketball Writer
Fri,04/01/22-2:37PM , 117 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self was wading through old video of Villanova this week, trying to scout a specific action that the Wildcats use on the offensive end of the floor, when the Hall of Fame Kansas coach did something he's avoided the past four years.

Self watched film of the 2018 Final Four.
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Kansas' Ochai Agbaji tries to get past Miami's Sam Waardenburg during the first half of a college basketball game in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Final Four teams heavily recruit talent in their backyards
By DAVE SKRETTA - AP Basketball Writer
Thu,03/31/22-5:47PM , 218 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The four blueblood programs that have descended upon the Superdome for the Final Four all have the ability to recruit on a national scale, their coaches able to hop aboard a jet on a moment's notice to sit in a living room or take in a game.

Turns out some of their best players were in their own backyard.
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Kansas' Mitch Lightfoot cuts down the net after a college basketball game in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Chicago. Kansas won 76-50 to advance to the Final Four. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Final Four gets experience boost from transfer portal, COVID
By DAVE SKRETTA - AP Basketball Writer
Thu,03/31/22-2:38PM , 94 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A bunch of one-and-done phenoms brought together by Kentucky coach John Calipari stepped onto the floor into the spotlight of the cavernous Superdome 10 years ago, oozing with the kind of NBA potential that made it clear their college basketball careers were about to end at the Final Four.
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, left, walks off the court with his wife, Mickie, after Duke defeated Arkansas in a college basketball game in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA men's tournament in San Francisco, Saturday, March 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Duke-Carolina, Kansas-Nova set for epic Final Four showdowns
By DAVE SKRETTA - AP Basketball Writer
Sun,03/27/22-4:13PM , 1,055 Reads
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski refused to let his players ponder the possibility of facing North Carolina for the first time in the NCAA Tournament after the Blue Devils had punched their Final Four ticket with a win over Arkansas.

They have no choice but to think about it now.
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