Morning Madness Sunday March 26
Morning Madness: Sunday, March 26 NCAA.com
5:05 ET — CBS What De’Aaron Fox means to the Wildcats In case you’ve been sleeping for the past 48 hours, Kentucky freshman (that’s a little redundant, we know) De’Aaron Fox put up 39 points in the Sweet 16 against UCLA without hitting a three. That’s … very impressive. . Will it be enough against top seed North Carolina? The Tar Heels’ road to redemption On Dec. 17, UNC and Kentucky played arguably the best game of the regular season. Malik Monk dropped 47 points, and Kentucky won 103-100. That game — and a shot at redemption — is still on the mind of the Tar Heel players, but a more meaningful redemption tour awaits if UNC can sneak past the 2-seed Wildcats. Three head coaches will be making their Final Four debuts this year. Two are set: Gonzaga's Mark Few and Oregon's Dana Altman. The third? That'll be either Florida's Mike White or South Carolina's Frank Martin. This year, the Gators and Gamecocks split matchups, but none had stakes as high as today's game. NCAA.com's Joe Boozell . Oregon vs. Kansas, Gonzaga vs. Xavier. Yeah, there were quite a few highlights coming out of yesterday’s matchups. . Elite Eight continues: Today!
Final Four in Phoenix: Semifinals on Saturday, April 1; Championship game on Monday, April 3
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PRESENTED BY Half of the national semifinals are set, and we'll decide the other two teams today. Let's get into it. Heading into Saturday, 42 schools had made it to the Final Four at least once since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Gonzaga and Oregon were not on that list. Before the 2017 NCAA tournament, the Bulldogs were 24-19 in 19 tournament appearances since 1985. The Zags had made it to the Elite Eight twice (in 1999 and 2015), but never the national semifinals. Oregon had been to three Elite Eights since the expansion (2002, 2007, 2016), but came up short each time. Before 1985, Oregon had been to one final Four -- when the Ducks won the 1939 national championship. This year, neither team was wasting another shot. Against 11-seed Xavier, Gonzaga dispelled all lingering thoughts that it was overhyped, dismantling the Musketeers from tipoff to buzzer, eventually . In the second matchup of the night, Oregon jumped out to a double-digit lead at halftime over 1-seed Kansas, then fought off a late Jayhawks comeback attempt to . Elite Eight schedule, round two: 2:20 ET — CBS5:05 ET — CBS What De’Aaron Fox means to the Wildcats In case you’ve been sleeping for the past 48 hours, Kentucky freshman (that’s a little redundant, we know) De’Aaron Fox put up 39 points in the Sweet 16 against UCLA without hitting a three. That’s … very impressive. . Will it be enough against top seed North Carolina? The Tar Heels’ road to redemption On Dec. 17, UNC and Kentucky played arguably the best game of the regular season. Malik Monk dropped 47 points, and Kentucky won 103-100. That game — and a shot at redemption — is still on the mind of the Tar Heel players, but a more meaningful redemption tour awaits if UNC can sneak past the 2-seed Wildcats. Three head coaches will be making their Final Four debuts this year. Two are set: Gonzaga's Mark Few and Oregon's Dana Altman. The third? That'll be either Florida's Mike White or South Carolina's Frank Martin. This year, the Gators and Gamecocks split matchups, but none had stakes as high as today's game. NCAA.com's Joe Boozell . Oregon vs. Kansas, Gonzaga vs. Xavier. Yeah, there were quite a few highlights coming out of yesterday’s matchups. . Elite Eight continues: Today!
Final Four in Phoenix: Semifinals on Saturday, April 1; Championship game on Monday, April 3