We’ve made it to the last weekend of the NCAA tournament. Your Final Four: the Gonzaga Bulldogs, the North Carolina Tar Heels, the Oregon Ducks, and the South Carolina Gamecocks.
NCAA Tournament 2017: Schedule for the Final Four
Two No. 1 seeds remain, two teams find themselves here for the first time, and all teams are home to their respective conference’s Player of the Year.
The semifinals will take place Saturday night and a new NCAA champion will be crowned Monday, April 3. All three remaining games are in Phoenix, Arizona, will air on CBS, and can be streamed on March Madness Live.
National Semifinals: Saturday, April 1
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 7 South Carolina, 6:09 p.m. (CBS)
One of these teams will play in their first ever NCAA championship game. Before the season, who would’ve thought that South Carolina would be the Southeastern Conference’s final representative in the tournament and Gonzaga would finally transition from Cinderella to powerhouse.
The Bulldogs have been a March staple for the last 18 years, thanks to head coach Mark Few. The ‘Zags have a shot to truly take the next step by ending the Gamecocks’ unexpected run through March.
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 3 Oregon, 8:49 p.m. (CBS)
Eight of the ACC’s nine tournament teams were gone after the first weekend. North Carolina is the last survivor, and it took a game-winner from Luke Maye to stay alive. After Malik Monk nailed what can safely be described as a well-contested deep three, UNC raced down the court and found Maye. Here’s another look at the sequence that kept the Tar Heels dancing:
Oregon got 27 points and six threes from Tyler Dorsey to down No. 1 seed Kansas in the Elite Eight. Dorsey has turned it on in the tournament and also led Ducks with 20 points in their 69-68 Sweet 16 win over Michigan. His work with the Greek Freak can’t have hurt.
NCAA Championship Game: April 3, 9 p.m. (CBS)
The winner of each matchup will face off for the Division 1 title on Monday, April 3. North Carolina enters the weekend with a shot at its sixth NCAA Championship, which would be coach Roy William’s third with the program, while Oregon has not been to Final Four since the inaugural NCAA title in 1939. On the other side of the bracket, Gonzaga and South Carolina are both fighting to make their first ever championship game. All four teams are home to their conference’s respective Player of the Year: Dillon Brooks from Oregon (Pac-12), Justin Jackson from North Carolina (ACC), Sindarius Thornwell (SEC), and Nigel Williams-Goss (WCC). Regardless of who plays Monday, we’re in for a good one.
Schedule (all times Eastern)
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 7 South Carolina, April 1, 6:09 p.m.
National Semifinal | University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix, Ariz.
TV: CBS | Announcers: Jim Nantz, Bill Raferty, Grant Hill, and Tracy Wolfson
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 3 Oregon, April 1, 8:49 p.m.
National Semifinal | University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix, Ariz.
TV: CBS | Announcers: Jim Nanty, Bill Raferty, Grant Hill, and Tracy Wolfson
National Championship, April 3, 9 p.m.
National Championship| University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix, Ariz.
TV: CBS | Announcers: Jim Nanty, Bill Raferty, Grant Hill, and Tracy Wolfson
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