The Final Four field is set with Gonzaga and South Carolina meeting in one game and North Carolina and Oregon meeting in the other.
After Gonzaga and Oregon punched their ticket to the Final Four on Saturday, they were joined by South Carolina and North Carolina on Sunday. The NCAA Tournament will resume next Saturday with two matchups that will determine who plays for the national championship.
Getting the action started is Gonzaga and South Carolina on Saturday from University of Phoenix Stadium with tip scheduled for 6:09 p.m. ET. This is the first Final Four for both schools, but they’ve taken different paths to get here. Gonzaga has been a perennial tournament team and has flirted with the Final Four under head coach Mark Few before finally breaking down that door this time around.
South Carolina, meanwhile, was an afterthought by many as a No. 7 seed with many predicting they’d be out by the end of the first weekend. Head coach Frank Martin has his team reaching new heights under his watch and their tenacious effort on both ends of the court is a reflection of their coach who may be the star of the tournament so far.
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While Gonzaga-South Carolina sets the stage, the night game between Oregon and North Carolina will be must-see TV. But of course, it will, the No. 3 and No. 1 seeds have been among the best teams all season and are peaking at the right time. Oregon downed Kansas with a complete game as head coach Dana Altman has the Ducks in the Final Four for the first time since 1939, the first year of the tournament. Meanwhile, North Carolina and Roy Williams are used to the Final Four stage and that will undoubtedly play a big part in the Tar Heels being projected to cut down the nets on Monday night.
You can watch the NCAA Tournament on CBS with the UNC-Oregon game beginning shortly after the end of the Gonzaga-South Carolina game.