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Unexpected Final Four features favored North Carolina and three tough outs

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It took two nailbiters on Sunday to get to this point, but the Final Four is finally set — and it’s a foursome hardly anybody expected.

Gonzaga and South Carolina will make their first Final Four appearances. Oregon makes its first trip since 1939 … so the Ducks are no regulars, either.

The one Final Four mainstay, of course, is North Carolina, the No. 1 seed out of the South region and last year’s championship runner-up. The Tar Heels beat Kentucky 75-73 in one of the most thrilling Elite Eight games in NCAA tournament history.