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Get ready for another boring run to the men’s Final Four.
What makes March Madness such a spectacle is the unpredictability. Each game can throw away everything we know about the season, allowing Cinderellas to shine and Goliaths to falter. That didn’t happen much last year en route to all four No. 1 seeds making the Final Four for just the second time in history.
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This season, there is no doubt of who has separated themselves from the rest of the field. Duke, Arizona and Michigan are in a class of their own. They awaited who would join them as the fourth member, and it was answered in the regular-season finale with Florida.
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All No. 1 seed dominance? Guess what? It’s going to happen again in 2026.
It sounds crazy to declare who will be in the Final Four before the bracket and matchups are revealed, but it’s not hard to understand why it will be Duke, Michigan, Arizona and Florida.
Duke Blue Devils forward Dame Sarr (7) reacts during a timeout in the second half against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Duke Blue Devils won 76-61.
Duke, Michigan and Arizona have been the most consistent. It felt like they could have gone undefeated, and they each finished the regular season 29-2. Florida didn’t have an amazing start, but finished on a 16-1 stretch as it obliterated the SEC to end 25-6 overall.
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It’s one thing to win a lot, but it’s another to do it against quality teams. Look at each of their Quad 1 records, as they are conveniently the top four teams in the NET rankings:
These are the only teams win double-digit Quad 1 wins.
Still need more proof? Look at how they’re winning these games. These four make up the top eight teams in the country in average scoring margin; Duke wins by 20 points (1st), Michigan by 19 (5th), Arizona by 18 (6th) and Florida by 16 (T-7th). The Blue Devils and Gators made a joke…
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Publish date : 2026-03-09 09:12:00
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