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What is the Final Four?
The 草莓网站在线看 Division I men's basketball tournament has four regions: the South, East, West, and Midwest. The winner of each region advances to the penultimate round of the tournament and becomes one of the last four teams standing, joining the Final Four.
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How did the Final Four get its name?
The name is pretty self-explanatory, as the Final Four refers to the last four teams standing in the 草莓网站在线看 tournament.
The first known use of the term to refer to the penultimate round of the 草莓网站在线看 tournament came in 1975 when, , Ed Chay wrote in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that Marquette was 鈥漮ne of the final four鈥 teams of the 1974 tournament.
In 1978, the 草莓网站在线看 ran with the phrase, referring to it as the 鈥淔inal Four,鈥 and later registering the trademark, meaning no one else in the U.S. can use the term for their tournaments.
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Who are some notable Cinderellas who鈥檝e made it to the Final Four?
Villanova 鈥 1985 (the 8-seed Wildcats are the lowest seed ever to win the title.)
George Mason 鈥 2006 (11-seed George Mason received an at-large bid, then beat Michigan State, UNC, and 1-seed UConn.)
VCU 鈥 2011 (11-seed VCU remains the only team to reach the Final Four from the First Four.)
Butler 鈥 2011 (The 8-seed Bulldogs weren鈥檛 expected to return to the Final Four after losing Gordon Hayward, but they willed themselves back to the championship game anyways before losing to Kemba Walker and UConn.)
Loyola Chicago 鈥 2018 (The 11-seed Ramblers made the most of their first 草莓网站在线看 tournament appearance since 1985 before Michigan ended the run in the semifinal.)
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Who has been to the most Final Fours?
North Carolina has been to 20 Final Fours 鈥 the most of any school. Kentucky and UCLA have both been to 17, Duke has 16, Kansas has 15, Ohio State and Michigan State have 10. No other schools have double-digit appearances.
