The Elite Eight concludes Sunday evening with the East and South Regionals’ championship games tipping off in the afternoon. Florida will meet South Carolina in the early session, then Kentucky and North Carolina will do battle in the marquee late game. By 8 p.m. ET, we’ll know which four teams will showdown in Phoenix, Ariz. next Saturday.
2017 printable NCAA bracket: Final Four round to be set Sunday evening
Florida or South Carolina? Kentucky or North Carolina? We’ll know after the Elite Eight wraps up on Sunday.
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That the South Regional final would come down to a pair of middle-seeded SEC teams was surprising right up until South Carolina tore a hole through Baylor in the Sweet 16 and Florida stunned Wisconsin in overtime in the tournament’s most dramatic finish thus far. Both teams are playing excellent defense right now, and they split this year’s home-and-home series, with each winning on their home floor. If Carolina wins, this will be the Gamecocks’ first Final Four berth in program history.
The more notable matchup of the day, of course, involves the Kentucky Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels, two historically powerful clubs with talented players up and down the rosters. It’s further striking that perhaps half of the players that suit up Sunday will someday be playing in the NBA, and the offensive firepower in both teams’ arsenals cannot be overstated. It should be a good one.
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