Next week, four teams with four unique stories will go to Glendale, Arizona, with the national title on the line.
For UConn, it's a chance to become the first team since Florida in 2006 and 2007 to win back-to-back championships. But it's more than that. If UConn's dominance continues, it will make the case that it is one of the greatest teams we've seen in recent men's college basketball history.
Purdue flushed the memory of last year's upset loss to Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round of the NCAA tournament to earn the school's third trip to the Final Four -- coach Matt Painter's first.
Alabama is also in the national semifinals. In men's basketball. It's the first time in school history.
NC State's magical run is even more stunning when you consider it is happening 41 years after Jim Valvano beat the odds and led the Wolfpack to the 1983 national title.
Here's a deeper look at the 2024 men's Final Four, and where these teams stand compared to one another.
