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In Indianapolis, three extremely large teams will be looking to transform light trophy cases. And then there's the six-time champs.

UConn and Illinois are both more than good enough to avoid Saturday's Michigan-Arizona nightcap being a de facto championship game.

I never thought I'd see Duke get Christian Laettner'd in my lifetime, but wouldn't you know it, I just did.

Braylon Mullins and UConn delivered an all-time classic March Madness moment against Duke. How does it stack up with other memorable shots?

Arizona and Michigan, the two No. 1 seeds remaining, enter the Final Four as favorites to win the national title.

The freshman just needed to hold on to the ball with time running out. But he tried to make a pass. UConn had its opening.

Michigan and Arizona are arguably the nation's two best teams, UConn is going for a third title in four years, and Illinois wants its first.

The victory that earned the Huskies' eighth trip to the Final Four might go down as the most remarkable in program history.

In February, the Big East suspended Powell for three games following a hard foul on St. John's forward Bryce Hopkins.