All-blue-blood Final Four: Only elite programs left after upset-laden NCAA tournament

For all the section busting disturbs that have carried new Madness to March, the current year's NCAA competition has still delivered a recognizable Final Four.

Left standing are four titans of men's school ball who in their adorned accounts have joined for 17 public titles and 61 Final Fours.

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On one side of the section are two noteworthy opponents isolated by 11 miles of roadway and two shades of blue. Duke and North Carolina have confronted each other multiple times in the 102-year history of the opponent, however next Saturday in New Orleans they'll meet in the NCAA competition interestingly.

On the opposite side of the section are two groups who aren't customary opponents yet have ongoing history against each other. Villanova wiped out Kansas during both of Jay Wright's title runs, energizing late to edge the Jayhawks in the 2016 Elite Eight preceding covering them with a torrent of mid 3-pointers at the 2018 Final Four.

The predominant storyline one week from now in New Orleans will be Duke's journey to send Mike Krzyzewski into retirement with a 6th public title. A stacked list weighed down with future first-round draft picks has generally been sufficiently skilled to accomplish that objective, however the youthful Blue Devils have grown up in March, deleting late deficiencies against Michigan State and Texas Tech prior to bulldozing Arkansas.

The memory of its last gathering with North Carolina can furnish Duke with additional inspiration paving the way to Saturday's down. It was just 22 days prior that the Tar Heels dropped in on the party for Krzyzewski's last home game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, demolishing Duke's impeccably created accolade with 94-81 surprise triumph.

While Duke has improved since that game, so has North Carolina. A Tar Heels group that was on the NCAA competition bubble in mid-February has played as well as anybody in the country from that point forward, winning 10 of their last 11 covered by Sunday's destruction of fifteenth cultivated NCAA competition sweetheart Saint Peter's.

Energized by the resurgence of flash fitting Remy Martin, Kansas is the NCAA competition's solitary leftover No. 1 seed, a result that looks good for the Jayhawks assuming ongoing history is any sign. The possible public boss has been a No. 1 seed the beyond four NCAA competitions and 11 out of the last 14.

Villanova's expectations of chopping down the nets for the third time in six years endured a gigantic shot late in Saturday's success over Houston when the Wildcats lost second-driving scorer Justin Moore to an Achilles tear. Moore's nonattendance will test Villanova's restricted watchman profundity. 6th man Caleb Daniels would probably venture into the beginning five and periphery turn holds Chris Arcidiacono and Bryan Antoine would see an expansion in minutes.

Jeff Eisenberg at Yahoo Sports

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