NCAA Basketball Tournament Update

In two regional final games in which all four teams were from the Atlantic Coast Conference, favorite North Carolina and stunning underdog Syracuse emerged victorious and will meet in a national semi-final/Final Four game next Saturday.

Syracuse, aided immensely by Middle Tennessee’s upset win vs Michigan State was a 40 to 1 underdog, at least to win the South Region but did so giving them their 6th Final Four appearance and 5th under coach Jim Boeheim.

In the last two wins, Syracuse dispatched 4 plus point favorite Gonzaga and the region’s top seed, 8 point favorite Virginia.

More on North Carolina, an early nine plus point favorite vs Syracuse, in the next post.

This will be the fifth national semi-final/Final Four appearance for Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim, pictured above.