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Duke already securing the first Elite Eight berth after defeating in-state rival North Carolina 47-38 in a defensive battle.
From USA TODAY
This is only the second time in tournament history that the Final Four will involve all top seeds.
From Yahoo! Sports
Duke is -110 to win it all after being the most impressive team in the NCAA tournament so far.
From Yahoo! Sports
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The reigning champion South Carolina Gamecocks will try to get to their fifth straight Final Four in the opening matchup in Birmingham against the Duke Blue Devils. The UCLA Bruins, the other top seed in action on Sunday, are after their first-ever Women's Final Four appearance.
The upsets have been few and far between during the NCAA Tournament for men's basketball, which is why we roll into the Elite Eight with all four No. 1 seeds still playing, along with three No. 2s and one No. 3.
The NCAA Tournament is drawing to a close for men's basketball. Here are American-Statesman staff March Madness picks for the Final Four predictions.
3don MSN
UCLA women's basketball's Elite Eight win vs. LSU eliminated the final perfect bracket in the ESPN Tournament Challenge
Four different networks are carrying March Madness games in 2025. During the first round of the tournament, TruTV, CBS, TNT and TBS will carry various games. TruTV is channel 246 on DirecTV. It's listed as channel 242 on Dish. It varies on other providers.
2don MSN
The Duke and North Carolina women have faced each other 110 times, including 16 games on a neutral court, but they’ve never played in the NCAA Tournament — until Friday.
The last perfect women’s NCAA Tournament has been busted. Top-seeded UCLA’s 72-65 win over LSU on Sunday ended the final perfect bracket out of 3.2 million on ESPN’s bracket tracker.
Two tickets to the final weekend of the Big Dance in San Antonio for the 2025 Final Four will be punched on Saturday and nets will be cut down as the focus will be on the West Regional and the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament bracket.