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Kentucky-Wisconsin matchup

Kentucky has been in 17 Final Fours and won eight national titles. Wisconsin has been this far four times, winning it all in 1941. They will meet at approximately 5:49 p.m. Saturday in the second Final Four semifinal in Indianapolis.

Duke-Michigan State matchup

Duke has advanced 16 times to the Final Four and won four national championships, and Michigan State has made the NCAA semifinals nine times and won two titles. They will meet at 3:09 p.m. Saturday in the first Final Four semifinal in Indianapolis.

Bo knows how to pull off big upset with Wisconsin

Bo Ryan knows how to win basketball games these days, and winning always is cool. The misconception about the Badgers is they win ugly. Those were the old days. This team is different. Wisconsin has run the nation’s most efficient offense this season.

Izzo, seventh-seeded Michigan State crash party of No. 1s

It has been a common theme during Tom Izzo’s 20 years as coach at Michigan State, advancing to seven Final Fours and winning a national title in 2000 without the surplus of can’t-miss players other heralded programs take for granted once the time arrives to recruit another class.

‘Slice’ staring straight at college basketball’s pinnacle with Kentucky

Barry Rohrssen, a former administrative assistant and director of operations at UNLV under Bill Bayno, is in his first season on John Calipari’s staff at Kentucky. “Slice” has made it to the big time. He never won with the Washington Generals. He hasn’t lost with the Wildcats.

No frauds among Final Four

Cinderella stayed home. Forget that Kentucky is an 8 seed and Connecticut a 7. Of those teams that have advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, all are major programs and three have won multiple national championships.