NCAA Men's College Basketball Elite 8

Elite 8 Edition

The final 8 teams battled it out to decide who will be advancing to the Final 4 in Houston.  Oklahoma will play against a hot team in Villanova at 5:00 pm and the first ever 10 seed to make it to the Final 4 plays against a tough North Carolina Tar Heel team at 7:45 pm.  2 ACC teams, Big East, and Big 12 conferences are the representing conferences for the Final 4.  Here's a breakdown of how they reached the round of 4.

East
North Carolina took care of business against Notre Dame.  Brice Johnson has emerged as a start throughout the tourney, finishing with his 23rd double double of the season 25 points 12 rebounds.  Demetrius Jackson held strong for his team but Meeks, Paige, and Johnson are NBA talent that dominated the Irish at the end.

Midwest

Syracuse remains as the only 10th seed EVER to make it to the Final 4.  I don't see how anybody would've put the Orange as a finalist in the tourney.  They were led by the hot 2nd half shooting of Malachi Richardson.  21 of his 23 points lifted his team to a surprising upset victory against number 1 seed Virginia.  Virginia led most of the first half by double digits, but Coach Boeheim increased the intensity on defense and sped it up on offense to come back and knock out the Cavaliers 68-62.

West

Oklahoma is representing the West region after dominating number 1 seed Oregon 80-68.  Buddy 'Buckets' Hield dropped 37 points totalling in 8 threes.  The combination of Hield and Woodard was to much for Dillion Brooks and the Oregon Ducks to handle.  After Brooks stormed on Duke, he dropped only 7 points for the game.  The Sooners needs Buddy to play big if they are to reach the championship.

South

Villanova will be the South representative after taking care of Kansas in a thrilling 64-59 victory.  The elite stars for Kansas were tough to put away.  Villanova's trio of Jenkins, Hart, and Arcidiancono each scored 13 points.  It was the defense that really pushed this team into the Final 4.  Kansas had a shot at the end to cut it to 1 but great defense by Arcidiancono lifted his team to victory.