For 95% of the year there were four elite teams, and here they are in Phoenix. Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce recap everything from regional weekend - the games, putting bows on teams whose seasons came to an end, the rims, the two-host setup - quickly hit on some portal/coaching stuff, then preview what is shaping up to be a Final Four for the ages with UConn vs. South Carolina and UCLA vs. Texas on Friday night.

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3:40 - Sacramento 4 recap

21:42 - Fort Worth 3 recap

35:39 - Fort Worth 1 recap

54:50 - Sacramento 2 recap

1:09:57 - Final Four preview

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And then there were four. But damn what a journey it took to get us here! Sunday's UConn/Duke game was so epic and so good (unless you're a Duke fan) that Hartzell and Norlander had to spend the first half hour unpacking what we all saw go down in Washington DC last night. Plus, other takes from the weekend; including the two other really good games in the East Regional, Illinois' romp through the Midwest, the absolute wagons that are Michigan and Arizona, plus some first-hand accounts of the San Jose trip from our boy Norlander. Some Indianapolis look-ahead with the fellas, and we end the show with the latest on UNC's head coaching vacancy and the top three candidates - in order - as we head into the Final Four. And what happens if they all say no? Yikes.

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Everything you need to know about the opening weekend of the tournament! Rob Joyce & Megan Gauer recap all 16 host sites, and preview regional weekend in Fort Worth and Sacramento. And while the try to find a path for a 1-seed to get upset in the Sweet 16, it seems... arduous.

00:00 intro

04:10 Sacramento 4 recap

25:20 Fort Worth 3 recap

37:58 Fort Worth 1 recap

51:47 Sacramento 2 recap

1:07:16 Sacramento 4 preview

1:11:58 Fort Worth 3 preview

1:17:04 Sacramento 2 preview

1:21:13 Fort Worth 1 preview

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