Statitudes

This decade has been unkind to Final Four teams that have—either by beating the highest seeds they could have faced or by finishing with the slimmest victory margins—traveled the most rigorous roads through the first four rounds. Only two such teams have won the title since 1990. That being the case, don't count on seeing North Carolina or Stanford snipping down the nets on Monday.

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