1/30/16 - Final Four Preview

The Final Four begins this Saturday April 2^nd. The games will be held in Houston, Texas, in the Houston Texans football stadium. The first game of the night will begin at 5:09 pm central time, which will be a matchup of 2 seeds in Villanova and Oklahoma. This game will be followed by the matchup of ACC foes in North Carolina and Syracuse. The Tar Heels are the only 1 seed to make it into the Final Four, while Syracuse is only the fourth digit seed to make the Final Four in history.

Villanova:

There road started with an easy win over a 15 seed Unc Asheville. Then the Wildcats shot lights out against the 7 seed Iowa Hawkeyes. Then Villanova took on the Miami Hurricanes. Villanova come out on fire once again and Miami was never able to regroup. Then Villanova’s toughest game of the tournament came when they took on Kansas. It was a nip and tuck game until the end with Nova prevailing.

Oklahoma:

Oklahoma as well would breeze through most of games. The Sooners started off with a game against CS Bakersfield and then took on VCU in the second round. Buddy Hield would lead the Sooners with 31 ppg. In the Sweet Sixteen Oklahoma dismantled Texas A&M to move on to the Elite 8 where Hield would seem to make every shot he took and the Sooners would move on to the Final Four after a win against Oregon.

North Carolina:

North Carolina would breeze through every opponent they would face in the tournament. The started off with a win over Florida Gulf Coast, then Providence. Then came the game against Indiana which everybody thought to be a terrific game but ended up in a blowout. Then the Tar Heels would take care of business against Notre Dame to make the Final Four.

Syracuse:

Syracuse, their 2-3 zone, and timely pressure got them to the Final Four. Dayton was there first opponent and the Flyers were not able to shoot past the zone. Middle Tennessee State was the next opponent and the Orange had little problem putting them away. Then they took on Gonzaga, down in the second half, there pressure got them back in the game to get a win. Same story against Virginia, down most of the game, timely pressure forced Virginia into mistakes which the Orange capitalized on to get to the Final Four.