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| 2017 NCAA Final Four @ PHOENIX, AZ |
| First Semifinal |
Second Semifinal |
#7-East
New York, NY
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#1-West
San Jose, CA
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#3-Midwest
Kansas City, MO
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#1-South
Memphis, TN
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University of South Carolina
Gamecocks (26-10) |
Gonzaga University
Bulldogs (36-1) |
University of Oregon
Ducks (33-5) |
University of North Carolina
Tar Heels (31-7) |
Southeastern Conference
Columbia, SC
First Final Four (est. 1908)
def. #10 Marquette 93-73
#2 Duke 88-81
#3 Baylor 70-50
#4 Florida 77-70 |
West Coast Conference
Spokane, WA
First Final Four (est. 1958)
def. #16 South Dakota St. 66-46
#8 Northwestern 79-73
#4 West Virginia 61-58
#11 Xavier 83-59 |
Pac-12 Conference
Eugene, OR
2nd Final Four (’39)
1-time champion
def. #14 Iona 93-77
#11 Rhode Island 75-72
#7 Michigan 69-68
#1 Kansas 74-60 |
Atlantic Coast Conference
Chapel Hill, NC
20th Final Four (’46, ’57, ’67’ 68, ’69, ’72, ’77, ’81, ‘82, ’91, ’93, ’95, ’97, ’98, 00, ’05, ’08, ’09, ’16)
5-time champions
def. #16 Texas So. 103-64
#8 Arkansas 72-65
#4 Butler 92-80
#2 Kentucky 75-73 |
Thursday, March 30, 2017
UNC BACK IN FINAL FOUR WHILE OTHER THREE TEAMS IT’S A NEW EXPERIENCE
21 battle for 7 spots; More than $85 raised for GHTC
EL SEGUNDO, CA (smt)- North Carolina is making its record 20th appearance in the NCAA Final Four which is 18 more than the other three schools combined. Both Gonzaga and South Carolina are making their first Final Four appearance and Oregon is making its first since the very first year the NCAA tournament was held, 1939. Each team has had a close call while each team has had a double-digit win in the Regional semifinal or final. South Carolina and Gonzaga have had a pair of 20+ point wins while UNC has broken 90 points twice. South Carolina, a 7 seed is representing the strength of the SEC who have the most wins in the tournament while North Carolina is representing the last vestige of the powerful ACC which had 9 teams to start and are down to one.
Twenty-one entries still have a chance to finish in the top 7 money spots and we won’t know who the pool champion is unless Oregon and South Carolina win. After the semifinals, the Bonus scenarios will be listed for the total points in final tiebreaker.
Craig H (who didn’t participate in the main pool) was the only person to get all four First Four games correct (Mt. St. Mary’s, Kansas St, UC Davis, USC) to win the 7th HWCI NCAA First Four for Charity. With 16 entries I will donate $32 and since we got more than 161 entries (new record 178), I will donate another $25. Generous donations by Charles D, Bob S, and Jeff2 H has brought the total to $85.10 that I will donate to the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference as a Beginner Patron. More money could still trickle in and the donation will be made when registration opens in June. In total, the 7 years has raised $593.98.
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