None of last year’s Final Four teams will be around for this year’s regional semifinals and George Mason sent half of them home early.
The 11th-seeded Patriots, one of the more controversial at-large selections in the field of 65, beat Michigan State in the first round and eliminated defending national champion North Carolina 65-60 on Sunday. Illinois, the 2005 runner-up was beaten 67-64 by Washington in the second round Saturday. Louisville, the fourth member of last year’s Final Four, didn’t make the tournament this season.
The last time none of the previous year’s Final Four teams were around for the second weekend was 1988. Indiana, the defending champion, was eliminated in the first round, while runner-up Syracuse and UNLV were ousted in the second round. Providence, like Louisville last year, was coached by Rick Pitino and didn’t make the field.
Seriously, who picked George Mason and Bradley to make it this far??? I am now a fan of the ‘shockers’……
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