| 2024 NCAA FINAL @ Phoenix, Arizona – The Floor | ||
| The Road Ends Here | ||
| #1-Midwest (Seed #3, NET #3, AP #3) | -vs- | #1-East (Seed #1, NET #2, AP #1) |
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| Purdue University Boilermakers (34-4) | University of Connecticut Huskies (36-3) | |
| Big Ten Conf – Regular Season Champs West Lafayette, Indiana 2nd Final (’69) def #16 Grambling State 78-50 def #8 Utah State 106-67 def #5 Gonzaga 80-68 def #2 Tennessee 72-66 def #11S North Carolina State 63-50 | Big East Conf – Reg Season & Tourney Champs Storrs, Connecticut 6th Final (’99, ’04, ’11, ’14, ’23) def #16 Stetson 91-52 def #9 Northwestern 75-58 def #5 San Diego State 82-52 def #3 Illinois 77-52 def #4W Alabama 86-72 | |
Sunday, April 7, 2024
UCONN JUST ROUTS, PURDUE HOPING FOR VIRGINIA MAGIC
Two guaranteed money leaving 13 vying for final 6 money spots
YARD WORK, HOME, CA (smt) – Like a leap year which adds a 29th day to February (most years), almost every four pools has yielded something interesting with this being our 29th pool. 1995 was our first pool and the Pac-12’s last title (UCLA). 1999 saw UConn upset Duke for the 1st of 5 titles. 2003 saw Syracuse win their first title as a 3 seed (only picked by one). 2007 saw Florida go back-to-back, the last team to do so, and the last time the top 2 picked teams met in the final. 2011 saw another #3 seed, UConn, win the title. 2015 saw Coach K win his last title with Duke. 2019 saw Virginia win the title a year after losing to a #16 seed. With 2020 canceled, 2024 is the fourth year and we will either see #1E-UConn win back-to-back titles or #1MW-Purdue do what Virginia did, win a title a year after losing to a #16 seed.
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