The Final Four, which should be starting Saturday in Atlanta, is dearly missed. Thankfully, the NCAA has staged 81 previous tournaments, allowing us to fill the present-day void with a recollection of the best men's Final Four games ever. The 12 best semifinals and 12 best finals are as follows:
Best Semifinals
North Carolina State 80, UCLA 77 (2OT), 1974
The game that decided the ’74 national championship, and ended the Bruins’ seven-year title run. In a clash of two of the greatest talents in college basketball history, the Wolfpack’s David Thompson was the winner and Bill Walton wound up on the losing side for one of the very few times.