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Men's Final Four 2024: Storylines, picks, predictions

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Members of one of the most unlikely quartets in recent college basketball history will fight to win a national championship in the days ahead.

Sure, most of the sports world expected UConn to return to this stage a year after a national title run, even though some of the stars from that team are gone. But Donovan Clingan, Stephon Castle and Tristen Newton are also up against history: There hasn't been a back-to-back champion in 17 years, and the past five national champions didn't even get past the first weekend.