abstract:The term "Elite Eight" refers to the final eight teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship; and, thus, represents the regional finals, or national quarterfinals. In Division I, the Elite Eight consists of the two teams in each of the four regional championship games.
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"Elite Eight" and "Final-Four." Those four teams meet in the semifinals in Detroit,Michigan for the right to advance to the championship game on April 6.
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But during four years at Wake Forest University he never advanced beyond the EliteEight.