With 16 teams still alive in the NCAA men's tournament, there are 256 potential Final Four combinations left. Here’s a look at 16 compelling ones, some chosen for basketball reasons and others chosen for reasons scarcely related to basketball at all.
1. Chalk Final Four: UConn, North Carolina, Houston, Purdue
Only once have all four No. 1 seeds made the Final Four since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. That was 2008, when Kansas, Memphis, UCLA and North Carolina each made it to San Antonio. This is the best chance for a repeat in quite awhile, but it’s still a long shot.