Madness of March 2026

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Men's Final 4 tonight

You are all NOT #1

From marchmadman

Updated 04/04/26, 9:30am

Well, yesterday's Women's Final 4 had some fireworks in the handshake line after South Carolina's win over UConn.

 

Maybe today's Men's Final 4 will have the same fireworks. With UConn's Dan Hurley, you never know. But Arizona's Tommy Lloyd and Michigan's Dusty May are not known for being loud. Nevertheless, this should be a great night of basketball.

 

First game is (2) UConn vs (3) Illinois, 6pm, on tbs/TNT/truTV, followed by (1) Michigan vs (1) Arizona.

 

The sum of the seeds UConn had to beat to get to the Final 4: 26 (including #1 Duke).

Illinois: 36 (highest seed #2 Houston)

Arizona: 31 (highest seed #2 Purdue)

Michigan: 35 (highest seed #4 Alabama)

 

UConn is the most battle-tested, and maybe that will help them advance to the Final on Monday.

Only 7 brackets have UConn advancing to the Final, while just one more (8) have Illinois.

 

The second game has more popular picks: 69 brackets picked Arizona, while 48 picked Michigan.

 

Regardless of who wins tonight, you still might win, even with a loss.

For our bracket pool:

# that can finish in Top 3

11

# that can finish in 1st Place

4

Max # teams alive

3 of 4

# that are done scoring

41 (25%)

# that can finish in one of the middle places

A lot

 

 

Of the three network simulcasts, truTV will feature Michigan's original Fab Five alternative broadcast during the Michigan game.

 

If you don't like basketball, you can catch Entertainment Tonight on CBS, at least in my area.

 

 

 

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