Although he won three of the final four stages, he still finished more than 12 minutes behind Hirvonen.
The Final Four has only seen three teams seeded lower than eight in its history.
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It will be Denver's second trip to the Final Four in the last three years.
The loss once again kept Purdue coach Gene Keady from reaching the Final Four.
Look how often the one or two seeds end up in the final four.
Could he generate enough offense to help the defense-first Orange get to the Final Four?
For the third straight season the two Big East rivals will meet in the Final Four.
Still Mitchell was left searching for the school's first trip to the Final Four.
"Tennessee or Louisville will have earned their way to the Final Four, " Gottlieb said.
Michigan's most recent trip to the Final Four, in 1993, was vacated because of NCAA violations.
John Salley says he'll feel like a proud host when the Final Four returns to Atlanta.
Indiana is the latest top-ranked team from the preseason to fall short of the Final Four.
Then he reeled off seven straight winning seasons, capped by the Final Four appearance.
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That year, Georgia Tech made it to the Final Four, which Sokol and colleagues had predicted.
To his credit, Coach Calipari has taken 3 different teams to the Final Four.
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They made up three teams of the NHL's version of the final four last season.
True, last year's tournament saw all four top seeds--Kansas, Memphis, UCLA and North Carolina--reach the Final Four.
Jeff Walz's team then beat Tennessee in the regional final before topping Cal in the Final Four.
Both steered Cinderella darlings to the Final Four (Pitino with Providence in 1987, Calipari with UMass in 1996).
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Knowledgeable people do not pick VCU to make it to the final four, or Lehigh to beat Duke.
Meanwhile, the next three teams, Florida (11.4%), Duke (10.7%) and Gonzaga (8.2%) failed to make the Final Four.
UConn broke a tie with Stanford (2008-12), LSU (2004-08) and itself (2000-04) by reaching the Final Four again.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Another fabulous group of young players has Michigan headed back to the Final Four.
Georgia will play for a trip to the Final Four on Monday night against the second-seeded Golden Bears.
Those lasting until the final four will be flown to San Francisco for the semifinals and finals.
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Ohio State, Michigan State or both have made the Final Four in eight of the past 13 seasons.
Well, we won't know who the NCAA champion is until the Final Four is over on April 8.
Michigan survived Illinois in the Final Four and then beat Seton Hall for the title two days later.
Stewart scored the final four points of an 11-0 run to tie it midway through the second half.
The remaining eight second-placed teams then compete home and away in November 2011 for the final four qualifying places.
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