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class="two-box-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://www.al.com/sports/2025/04/which-player-has-been-the-best-no-19-pick-in-the-nfl-draft.html"><img class="two-box-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Which player has been the best No. 19 pick in the NFL Draft?" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/MNWTMGUYNFGGHMRDKR7KAMRTUE.jpg?auth=a10127425c23daaf38ff8c8ed154caeff2a3e4a43a33b8fa327861ce488bafa7&width=500&quality=90" srcSet="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/MNWTMGUYNFGGHMRDKR7KAMRTUE.jpg?auth=a10127425c23daaf38ff8c8ed154caeff2a3e4a43a33b8fa327861ce488bafa7&width=800&quality=90 960w, https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/MNWTMGUYNFGGHMRDKR7KAMRTUE.jpg?auth=a10127425c23daaf38ff8c8ed154caeff2a3e4a43a33b8fa327861ce488bafa7&width=500&quality=90 308w," sizes="(min-width: 980px) 308px" width="300" height="200"/><h2 class="two-box-item__headline">Which player has been the best No. 19 pick in the NFL Draft?</h2><div class="two-box-item__meta"><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743840000">2h ago</time><span>Mark Inabinett</span></div></div></a></article><article class="two-box-item"><a class="two-box-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2025/04/what-kalen-deboer-wants-to-see-more-of-from-alabamas-running-backs.html"><img class="two-box-item__thumbnail-image" alt="What Kalen DeBoer wants to see more of from Alabama’s running backs" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/S52KAYHQUFGWZPRPZFPIDHHUP4.JPG?auth=e3c13a6560e1c8cca01546cd0cb3115a6e338d3bb21372c5bc810c4924c60ff0&width=500&quality=90" srcSet="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/S52KAYHQUFGWZPRPZFPIDHHUP4.JPG?auth=e3c13a6560e1c8cca01546cd0cb3115a6e338d3bb21372c5bc810c4924c60ff0&width=800&quality=90 960w, https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/S52KAYHQUFGWZPRPZFPIDHHUP4.JPG?auth=e3c13a6560e1c8cca01546cd0cb3115a6e338d3bb21372c5bc810c4924c60ff0&width=500&quality=90 308w," sizes="(min-width: 980px) 308px" width="300" height="200"/><h2 class="two-box-item__headline">What Kalen DeBoer wants to see more of from Alabama’s running backs</h2><div class="two-box-item__meta"><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743833400">4h ago</time><span>Nick Kelly</span></div></div></a></article></div><ul class="river" id="river" aria-hidden="false" aria-labelledby="tab-stories"><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/sec/2025/04/goodman-new-texas-am-coach-bucky-mcmillan-always-bet-on-himself.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Samford coach Bucky McMillan calls out to players during the second half of the team's first-round college basketball game against Kansas in the men's NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Isaac Hale)" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/HP5PBQF2W5HEPKAWYNDOJWLSVA.jpg?auth=f43110f8e50b775572231e9166841552037bbc79a6b029ff0690853fbdef8938&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Goodman: New Texas A&M coach Bucky McMillan always bet on himself</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Bucky Ball was made for the SEC.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743830192">5h ago</time><span>Joseph Goodman</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2025/04/an-appreciation-of-julio-jones-the-generational-talent-who-spearheaded-sabans-alabama-dynasty.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones (8) leaves LSU defenders in his wake as he runs 73 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against LSU at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (Birmingham News/ Mark Almond) BN" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/2ZA4OUTQZFEORA7TWM3ORB546U.jpg?auth=a5816f8c092bb827799b7267bccaadd1d83f40a6518589801c7c7940b05cbfb7&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">An appreciation of Julio Jones, the generational talent who spearheaded Saban’s Alabama dynasty</h2><p class="river-item__summary">The 5-star receiver signed with Crimson Tide in 2008 and helped launch years of program’s sustained success.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743797546">14h ago</time><span>Creg Stephenson</span></div></div></a></li><div id="infeed-nativo1" class="river-item--nativo"></div><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2025/04/alabama-football-scrimmage-intel-latest-on-qb-battle-in-the-spring.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Offense in action at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, AL on Friday, Apr 4, 2025. " src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/XD32PIROVFH2VJZ5QQP3SMD7AM.JPG?auth=4539d80738efb18b62254d43130f58e7537ec57283a72bd6a1562856de1729a6&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Alabama football scrimmage intel: Latest on QB battle in the spring</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Here's the intel we gathered about the second Alabama football scrimmage, including the latest on the quarterback battle and some freshmen who stood out. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743797255">14h ago</time><span>Nick Kelly</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2025/04/2-more-alabama-tight-ends-will-miss-rest-of-spring-with-injuries.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Alabama's Josh Cuevas (80) catches a touchdown pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/6PNLNGONPZG2VLZM6NBZXJTE4Y.jpg?auth=7de3ae8a52b3c244433213c7ba292f93ea834d070657440b6a9b347b37a8a1cf&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">2 more Alabama tight ends will miss rest of spring with injuries</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Josh Cuevas and Marshall Pritchett will miss the rest of Alabama football's spring practice with injuries.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743790968">16h ago</time><span>Matt Stahl</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/sports/2025/04/all-pro-receiver-from-alabama-announces-his-retirement-from-the-nfl.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="ATLANTA, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 13: Julio Jones #11 of the Atlanta Falcons warms up prior to facing the Seattle Seahawks at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 13, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/2FUY24FFFJB5RAJFB2Q5M25HBQ.jpg?auth=a98efca648ffc490f51429dc112d060bc292ba887612de6247e83ccd43fe031f&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">All-Pro receiver from Alabama announces his retirement from the NFL</h2><p class="river-item__summary">The former Foley High School star was a seven-time Pro Bowler for the Atlanta Falcons.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743789314">16h ago</time><span>Mark Inabinett</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2025/04/does-ty-simpsons-leadership-make-him-alabama-footballs-top-qb-option.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="3/5/25 MFB Spring Practice 2 Alabama Quarterback Ty Simpson (15) Photo by Kent Gidley" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/HRAOZJSOORAYNMTA5HXXD7ODZE.JPG?auth=e6088255f2d29d5f45cdd8d7ed8f4b4c08cffe28558d3125159b77fe365f1b00&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Does Ty Simpson’s leadership make him Alabama football’s top QB option?</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Kalen DeBoer had high praise for Ty Simpson's leadership ability after Alabama football's second spring scrimmage.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743787990">17h ago</time><span>Matt Stahl</span></div></div></a></li><div class="ad-wrapper ad-wrapper--river-ad"><div id="6" class="ad-unit" data-cy="InFeed_Center" aria-hidden="true"></div></div><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2025/04/why-2-alabama-quarterbacks-got-more-1st-team-reps-in-spring-scrimmage.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="3/5/25 MFB Spring Practice 2 Alabama Quarterback Ty Simpson (15) Alabama Quarterback Austin Mack (10) Photo by Kent Gidley" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/GUTYD3JUOVH4LGDWPBQGQFXGRM.JPG?auth=414b63f28b51dafb230490135a3730860c1614e23af6ec324ce26fc014d6cf87&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Why 2 Alabama quarterbacks got more 1st-team reps in spring scrimmage</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Kalen DeBoer said these two Alabama football quarterbacks have taken more first and second-team reps during spring practice due to their experience.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743785174">17h ago</time><span>Matt Stahl</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2025/04/why-ryan-williams-missed-alabamas-2nd-spring-scrimmage-being-really-careful.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="3/7/25 MFB Spring Practice 3 Alabama Wide Receiver Ryan Williams (2) Photo by Kent Gidley" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/E3L4DWYZDVCZTIPAAOYCX6R7NU.JPG?auth=dca9a335a377cdcc9fc76ff9a9f4cf3a3b1c68e5114a858c03fccfa5e7eff5ee&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Why Ryan Williams missed Alabama’s 2nd spring scrimmage: ‘Being really careful’</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Kalen DeBoer said Ryan Williams "might not do much" for the rest of spring football due to "a couple of nicks." </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743783647">18h ago</time><span>Matt Stahl</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamabasketball/2025/04/alabama-basketball-loses-key-forward-to-transfer-portal-report.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Alabama forward Mouhamed Dioubate (10) and center Clifford Omoruyi (11) celebrates after defeating Auburn in overtimein an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/5NQHYXEHTJBCRCGZ5MZNLJJJKU.jpg?auth=a24f2cf0f0e0b5422fcfeec647bd439f898a922cb6ea76cb28c9aeebb9135bd3&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Alabama basketball loses key forward to transfer portal</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Mo Dioubate is leaving Alabama basketball via the transfer portal after two seasons in Tuscaloosa.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743780670">19h ago</time><span>Matt Stahl</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/sports/2025/04/heres-how-all-33-past-sec-teams-have-fared-in-ncaa-march-madness-mens-final-four.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="HOOVER, AL - MAY 25: A general view of the Southeastern Conference logo on the field at the 2023 SEC Baseball Tournament game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the South Carolina Gamecocks on May 25, 2023 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. 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How will he adjust his system? Will the conference be forced to adapt to his brand of breakneck basketball? How soon before Bucky Ball breaks through to the Final Four?"},{"_id":"MH66BLIRAVFNNNHCM2KSFWKW3I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"No pressure."},{"_id":"ZQ7WFZ5TZRCMNJVFN74K6PAW6A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Well, actually, yes, there will be pressure, and tons of it."},{"_id":"5ETJHEED7BCNZOTMJ5FBRPQA4Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Bucky Ball is known for its relentless use of the full-court press combined with a new-age analytical approach to the game. It’s fun to watch and Texas A&M is going to absolutely love McMillan’s passion and charisma. He is a perfect fit for Texas A&M and its culture. McMillan is the son of a retired judge. He is exacting, meticulous, relentless, loyal and brilliant. 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Players all know and respect McMillan, who won five state titles at Mountain Brook before making the jump to D-I."},{"_id":"PDLATD74EFFEFOOKZ2J3VIIRGU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"McMillan turned Samford into a SoCon champion despite being hired at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m still angry about the Bulldogs getting jobbed by the refs against Kansas in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, but <a href=\"https://www.al.com/sports/2024/03/goodman-samford-was-robbed-but-the-bulldogs-won-our-hearts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">McMillan impressed a lot of people that weekend</a> and it led to his opportunity at Texas A&M."},{"_id":"L7DBRJMOQVEDJOKIXKPSGJ4SXI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/sports/2024/02/goodman-nothing-can-stop-countrys-best-young-coach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Readers familiar with my columns</a> about McMillan <a href=\"https://www.al.com/sports/2024/02/goodman-national-buzz-growing-for-samford-bucky-ball.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">over the last many years</a> already know that <a href=\"https://www.al.com/sports/2020/04/bucky-mcmillan-leaving-mountain-brook-for-samford.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">I am in no way surprised</a> by his rapid ascent into the SEC. I’ve been a <a href=\"https://www.al.com/sports/2019/03/a-young-alabama-coach-takes-place-among-all-time-greats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">believer in McMillan</a> since the beginning."},{"_id":"KR75QR7LMNH5TGN5ZR55XUJORI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"McMillan is headed to Texas A&M five years to the day since leaving Mountain Brook for Samford. Here’s what I wrote five years ago when Bucky Ball made the jump from high school to college: “‘Bucky Ball’ will be a national brand when this is all over. That’s my prediction.”"},{"_id":"7IMJQXAHWBHTNLKT6WSXTONGMM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Get ready. It’s coming."},{"_id":"VRCDH22AERDALOO4TJSO6IDZJE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"McMillan’s move to College Station begins at a critical time in the evolution of collegiate athletics. Beginning next week with the expected settlement of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_v._NCAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">House v. NCAA</a>, college programs around the country will begin sharing revenue with players. The salary cap across the country is expected to be $20.5 million for an entire athletics department. It’s up to schools how they want to spend that money, but boosters and schools can still use NIL riches to sweeten deals for top talent."},{"_id":"HFEDMTKPTJGOTERCAW2HU7UR2U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"McMillan will be arriving at Texas A&M with a plan to win immediately and we already know that the Aggies will spend desperate amounts of cash to make that happen."},{"_id":"ZW4Z2KXYE5HU5EWSESAKBMJN5Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Don’t be surprised if McMillan makes his first huge splash this weekend during the Final Four."},{"_id":"OXJFUTG46ZA25M3IZHZXZLI37M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The No.1 target in the transfer portal is Yaxel Lendeborg. He’s the former player for UAB who led the Blazers to the 2024 AAC tournament championship. Auburn, Alabama, Kentucky and Michigan have all been linked to Lendeborg, who is also emerging as a possible first-round draft pick. "},{"_id":"BPFPX4XXZFBHDATJCZFAF2NH5A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Lendeborg to Texas A&M? Texas A&M certainly has the money to fill McMillan’s locker room with talent, so don’t rule out the Aggies. "},{"_id":"Z46ZBO4VOZEQBKBT5DFHLJMMAY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The SEC is packed with the best coaches in college basketball. It takes an enormous amount of courage and confidence to make the leap into this tank of bloodthirsty sharks. It’s professional sports but without the pesky rules. Can McMillan go toe-to-toe with Bruce Pearl at Auburn, Nate Oats at Alabama, Rick Barnes at Tennessee, Todd Golden at Florida, Mark Pope at Kentucky, John Calipari at Arkansas, Chris Beard at Ole Miss, Sean Miller at Texas and, out of conference but nearby, Kelvin Sampson at Houston?"},{"_id":"22WFFO5VBZBQHLGW2EXYLWWSPE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Can Bucky Ball win in the SEC?"},{"_id":"HVNAEP2ESFFBFLIYTIZFGMU26A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Y’all already know what I think. Bucky Ball was made for SEC."},{"_id":"4JBCGKJIKRD43F5XVXLPWXH3HI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"I’ll never doubt McMillan, and especially not at Texas A&M."},{"_id":"LL4SF7GZVNDJXEDGNIWCY6R73M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"McMillan is the SEC’s outlier, just like his new school. He’s different and he likes it that way. 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He had surgery but did not miss a game; in fact, he caught 12 passes for 221 yards in a 41-10 win over Tennessee two weeks later."},{"_id":"B4FL33XRTJBA3PBZHHY6N2G47A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"That 2010 season was a disappointment by the standards of the Saban era, though the 10-3 finish was certainly no fault of Jones’. He set (since-broken) Crimson Tide single-season records with 78 receptions and 1,133 yards, along with seven touchdowns receiving and two more rushing. "},{"_id":"KVWLPTZU5RFRHFZPXW66MLT7II","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Jones left after that season for the NFL, with the Atlanta Falcons trading up to select him at No. 6 overall. 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Groza, Beard and teammate Dale Barnstable were later implicated in a points-shaving scandal that caused them to be banned for life from the NBA. "},{"level":2,"_id":"YAYAH2MBDNCZXABAKP7AGRDRE4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>4. Kentucky (1951)</b>"},{"_id":"NKGEP7UKS5HM3DMSMRBBRVGSCQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Adolph Rupp"},{"_id":"TCABQIU2JRF2XFAYF4UFDJKJB4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Billy Spivey, Shelby Linville, Cliff Hagan"},{"_id":"BRWUNOUAN5AYJKR6AJ64KBAZ5Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: N/A"},{"_id":"DODOFO33QVDDXILBUVNG4VILK4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four</b> <b>results</b>: Beat Illinois 76-74 in national semifinal; beat Kansas State 68-58 in national championship game"},{"_id":"XLVQS6VCUNHLJNGAX6BPBKPOXQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 32-2"},{"_id":"75L46HW7ZJCDFHSJY6UM2NTUUI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Notable: This was the first NCAA tournament with a 16-team field (up from 8). The 7-foot Spivey was also accused of point-shaving, and was also banned from the NBA despite his denials. Another notable player on this Wildcats team was C.M. Newton, who went on to be coach at Alabama in the 1970s and athletics director at alma mater in the 1980s and 90s. "},{"level":2,"_id":"RARHLILYFZAJZHY2VQGO7JTFII","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>5. LSU (1953)</b>"},{"_id":"UACJCT5CTNBL7PPF4JHSLVHST4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Harry Rabenhorst"},{"_id":"EM44FK646BCRPESFT65BREBG4E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Bob Pettit, Norman Magee, Ned Clark"},{"_id":"PBTLVN5VN5CSDEYB24D5ZVCNYA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: N/A"},{"_id":"QR3ISQRQ5FC6PCOKRUP2LAG35U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Indiana 80-67 in national semifinal; lost to Washington 88-69 in third-place game"},{"_id":"KYJHVEGFRNCBREDJTGP2S2QI5A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 22-3"},{"_id":"ABMSXP242JDXXDZYBMQDQHIKLI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: With Kentucky forced by the NCAA to cancel its season amid the points-shaving scandal and other violations, LSU stepped into the SEC void. The 6-foot-9 Pettit, one of the more dominant players in college basketball history and a future Hall-of-Famer, averaged 24.9 points and 12.7 rebounds per game."},{"level":2,"_id":"VOXG4SRA3NGKTARTDRBICQ3DPI","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>6. Kentucky (1958)</b>"},{"_id":"KNOCNANGEFEJ5GBJOTWTKAA7JE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Adolph Rupp"},{"_id":"IQVZCGCG7RAONGIXPQATDIAAUE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Vernon Hatten, Johnny Cox, John Crigler"},{"_id":"FZVCWKSCDZE7XPY356P7NTGWNE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: N/A"},{"_id":"H3B756QOY5AG5HKT5S3TF4BX5Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Beat Temple 61-60 in national semifinal; beat Seattle 84-72 in national championship game"},{"_id":"XM426UYYZJCWBEF43T7N7Y6PQQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 23-6"},{"_id":"O4XLXGTZQVBTVPUSCLBI7U2BEE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: Known as the “Fiddlin’ Five,” this Kentucky team restored the program to glory after scandal earlier in the decade. The Wildcats overcame an 11-point deficit to beat a Seattle team led by Elgin Baylor in the championship game, held in the newly completed Freedom Hall in Louisville. "},{"level":2,"_id":"YZNE4D746ZFUXGA5LGK25TPK4A","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>7. Kentucky (1966)</b>"},{"_id":"DDQUHGIWEZARRK3P6QT5WRMJQY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Adolph Rupp"},{"_id":"SC7A773AHBF4VJYYKG3WUSWOM4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Pat Riley, Louie Dampier, Larry Conley"},{"_id":"SXWIO5C5FJDLXMD3G4PU7C443E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: N/A"},{"_id":"BTTGDWUUF5AXJL3UXPK7R5JWYY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Final Four results: Beat Duke 83-79 in national semifinal; Lost to Texas Western 72-65 in national championship game"},{"_id":"ZMBKJD2RSBEY7LZYOZH3A32QEU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 27-7"},{"_id":"HWXDL2ZA6RBEFIM6UQE74EVGII","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Notable: Known as “Rupp’s Runts,” the Wildcats had no players taller than 6-foot-5. Of course, this Kentucky team and this is tournament is best remembered for sociological reasons, as a Texas Western team with five black starters beat the all-white Wildcats in the title game. "},{"level":2,"_id":"ER5Y6RWPYNF2BPUSEHGN2IDN3U","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>8. Kentucky (1975)</b>"},{"_id":"2FJTH5NYLJCTXPPJCIQ7TJSPEA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Joe B. Hall"},{"_id":"Z6LP6ITZSRDLXJ6JPI3KP3I2OI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Kevin Grevey, Jimmy Dan Conner, Rick Robey"},{"_id":"7ZFFAM5ZSVBKBANC47F66DRESQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: N/A"},{"_id":"KUD3HRITOZF6NBHXESUTMSYW6Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Beat Syracuse 95-79 in national semifinal; lost to UCLA 92-85 in national championship game"},{"_id":"BJLHF4FRAJGTFAP2VKLQBYNTAI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 26-5"},{"_id":"36SODXCEVJGIBLRE7Q74KLF4E4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Notable: Rupp retired at the end of the 1971-72 season, and Hall led the Wildcats back to the Final Four three years later. The first 32-team NCAA tournament was also the last for legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who retired after winning his 10th national championship. "},{"level":2,"_id":"BFRLD3JPCZCDFMQOBQJMYTNJFE","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>9. Kentucky (1978)</b>"},{"_id":"2I35FDC5KZBJXGC3ARWVQBJVCU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Joe B. Hall"},{"_id":"XZQXW3C2ONFSLJHGIZLUK6INCA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Jack Givens, Rick Robey, Kyle Macy"},{"_id":"7LQTDNEK6FCTZJIA445KNNMI2Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 1 in Mideast Region"},{"_id":"7KGJG2HPUJAHHPLHVSVOQRA2NQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Beat Arkansas 64-59 in national semifinal; beat Duke 94-88 in national championship game"},{"_id":"VYEBRDDCPJEJFNPOH6UF3UVGQE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 30-2"},{"_id":"YUJXIQ66VZDLPKN6TFKR2VEJ44","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: The first seeded tournament, this was also the last with 32 teams. The field was expanded to 40 in 1979, 48 in 1980, 52 in 1983, 64 in 1985, 65 in 1999 and to its current 68 in 2011. After reaching the Final Four as freshmen, Robey and Givens — who had 41 points in the championship game — led the Wildcats to their first title in 20 years as seniors."},{"level":2,"_id":"NUL524H4UFHTJAVPWYGHBLJVVI","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>10. LSU (1981)</b>"},{"_id":"4GRXMFHJQJGYBKQ7QH4QSVJF6I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Dale Brown"},{"_id":"MBBVQHQ2BVDQBJHA2DERP5ZBXQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Howard Carter, Rudy Macklin, Leonard Mitchell"},{"_id":"UGCLTQDEJFGB3ELLHRH5ION2EA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 1 in Midwest Region"},{"_id":"HLBA2RTI35FRTBV2ZWY425DKOQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Indiana 67-49 in national semifinal; lost to Virginia 78-74 in third-place game"},{"_id":"4KTPWWPMNFGLNFJKCSSJCLD4DU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 31-5"},{"_id":"QT6KKQDYUNBQBBZFL7VO4H3FCI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: The Tigers won their first 17 SEC games (and 26 straight games overall) before losing to Kentucky in the regular season finale. LSU’s offense failed in the Final Four, shooting just 32% in a blowout loss to Isiah Thomas and the eventual national champion Hoosiers. This was also the last NCAA tournament with a third-place game."},{"level":2,"_id":"PNF2RKFCBFF63E43YDWLTMKVKU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>11. Georgia (1983)</b>"},{"_id":"GR2VOOVRYJCZBOUCZM2TY4TAT4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Hugh Durham"},{"_id":"H4UIDECJYFCCDJQQBJFXYQY7A4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Vern Fleming, Terry Fair, James Banks"},{"_id":"O6ELHMY7C5A2TCZCP2NC2RIZ6Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 4 in East Region"},{"_id":"44ZUTS4YEBDG5J56UNTGH7J3NY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Final Four results: Lost to North Carolina State 67-60 in national semifinal"},{"_id":"RO4K4QBTXVEZVGFN2VGRCRLI5I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 24-10"},{"_id":"ARCLZX4Z5BCR5K2LIABUMV3FJI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Notable: The Bulldogs won the SEC tournament in Birmingham and made their first Final Four a year after superstar Dominique Wilkins left for the NBA. They then knocked off the top two seeds in their region — St. John’s and North Carolina — to reach the national semifinals, but could not get past Jim Valvano’s Cinderella Wolfpack. "},{"level":2,"_id":"BWEJ4KGBRBBKPGD5UPJRMI6TYM","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>12. Kentucky (1984)</b>"},{"_id":"BVFIU47B2FH73BXCZSKWBE2A2U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Joe B. Hall"},{"_id":"AN5GOCNQEVGWDKIT3WPVCFXM5U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Melvin Turpin, Kenny Walker, Sam Bowie"},{"_id":"JYRDKZ6555E65EQYZA2RIP4QRA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 1 in Mideast Region"},{"_id":"ZV75G2DTKNBPBMMSY4NMAJ7YJQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Georgetown 53-40 in national semifinal"},{"_id":"IYUYDGWM4NE67MPYTOOWWJ6LD4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 29-5"},{"_id":"2BJFMJHU35HDHDV4CHOHV6BULI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: After narrowly beating Alabama and Auburn to win the SEC tournament, the Wildcats got the benefit of playing their Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games on their home court in Lexington (the NCAA shortly thereafter passed a rule banning future teams from doing so). But they were smothered by Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas’ defense in the Final Four, shooting just 26% as a team and going nearly 10 minutes without scoring to begin the second half. "},{"level":2,"_id":"W2JAPYINBFFOJAS55RB6LPVHLY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>13. LSU (1986)</b>"},{"_id":"GLQCUSBUKVGELJIWGVN2MBDV6U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Dale Brown"},{"_id":"HLZGWOCJBRHXBG35LDACFMKGTA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: John Williams, Derrick Taylor, Don Redden"},{"_id":"M6HPP6ORO5D43PK64GIINVNTLU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 11 in Southeast Region"},{"_id":"PI5MC4A3EVGUJK73XHXRPDIDHM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Louisville 88-77 in national semifinal"},{"_id":"RXBWPAQYDJFTBOIJ743CAI2L7M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 26-12"},{"_id":"5H3MKC3HK5DGPDW6XTZTR4HVJQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: One of the more unlikely teams to challenge for a national title, LSU finished fifth in the 10-team SEC during the regular season. The Tigers also lost to Kentucky three times before beating them 59-57 on Ricky Blanton’s game-winner in the regional final in Atlanta. The 1986 LSU team remains tied for the lowest seed ever to reach the Final Four, where they fell to freshman phenom “Never Nervous” Pervis Ellison and the eventual national champion Cardinals. "},{"level":2,"_id":"MPXPAVM73BCZVBJ6M4MDBXN3HU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>14. Kentucky (1993)</b>"},{"_id":"VK3J235EIJGA5NF44NAWUUBRVE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Rick Pitino"},{"_id":"YBJRM4MKORGWZBPUPXYU462C5Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Jamal Mashburn, Travis Ford, Dale Brown"},{"_id":"P5BDH2P5PNA77H7M2MERI7IP54","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 1 in Southeast Region"},{"_id":"YTEWIN5B5VBN7HJKR2OTESO7YQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Michigan 81-78 in OT in national semifinal"},{"_id":"2JZJNMIWGVCAFDA6JUAGRONFNA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 30-5"},{"_id":"YWVCANGQJJARNNI2IPDHCNDVYQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: A year after losing in a regional final to Duke in one of the most-famous games ever, Pitino’s Wildcats won their first four NCAA tournament games by an average of 31 points and reached the Final Four for the first time in nine years. There they ran into Michigan’s Fab 5, and lost another heartbreaker after Mashburn fouled out with 3:23 left in overtime."},{"level":2,"_id":"X576NXNB7RHK7NMPMQ4FGV7KPM","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>15. Arkansas (1994)</b>"},{"_id":"N445F2MERVCHJN2QED5DWEV5QQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Nolan Richardson"},{"_id":"S22BXIHZSNBUNF2VANLBTN7ASI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Corliss Williamson, Scotty Thurman, Corey Beck"},{"_id":"ZH6OYJTKN5EN5JRMTBUCNULDRM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 1 in Midwest Region"},{"_id":"2Z3H2OUAOFFOJKFMBVURPLM27M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Beat Arizona 91-82 in national semifinal; beat Duke 76-72 in national championship game"},{"_id":"7LNJQOBARJBQ7FKTUKSW37LGNM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 31-3"},{"_id":"37BZU6Z4JRHFLHUG32L4NTPVZ4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: Led by Richardson’s famed “40 Minutes of Hell” defense, the Razorbacks took over the SEC for a brief time in the mid-90s and gave the league its first national championship in 16 years and its first not won by Kentucky. Thurman’s 3-pointer as the shot clock ran down in the final minute of the championship game clinched the title for Arkansas. "},{"level":2,"_id":"CMNQKRKFVNFJPCW7BYU2JR3AYA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>16. Florida (1994)</b>"},{"_id":"PF24RUN5HRFRBFCDNGORU4EYLI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Lon Kruger"},{"_id":"DLHXBPSGS5AY7F3R3R3XMJVZZQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Dan Cross, Craig Brown, Andrew DeClercq"},{"_id":"5O3GYZEJU5DRRGG5SWJMGOWEFY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 3 in East Regional"},{"_id":"H7HILNOLZBC6BDVDOTNUVH5JI4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Duke 70-65 in national semifinals"},{"_id":"XUV7K7Z545GQTD57OUZDBQ2QZI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 29-8"},{"_id":"JQKUETMQ4FDANFTLMX3SDYMWAU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: The Gators joined Arkansas in the 1994 Final Four, giving the league two teams in the national semifinals for the first time ever (but not the last). After Boston College upset top-seeded North Carolina in the second round, Florida’s path to the Final Four was cleared somewhat. They led the Blue Devils by 13 in the second half, but could not hold on. "},{"level":2,"_id":"KJW7ZPX5JFHLDBW2LGCXTKMHOM","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>17. Arkansas (1995)</b>"},{"_id":"T5SQU7VLSRFRHHAATUFIGJRIZA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Nolan Richardson "},{"_id":"JD73LWETBFH2NFZYEXNHWFZTLE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Corliss Williamson, Scotty Thurman, Corey Beck"},{"_id":"QAGI57N2CVAWXAI75JJVCKZNBM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 2 in Midwest Region"},{"_id":"TBUGF7SEPRALJKFSDCS7XW7QAE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Final Four results: Beat North Carolina 75-68 in national semifinal; lost to UCLA 89-78 in national championship game"},{"_id":"CVAQ5TWYXBHGFCYNOFJQYZSRMI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 32-7"},{"_id":"ETWOYSJELVGRVDB2OYSUPSNYA4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: The Razorbacks returned largely the same team from its national title run the previous year, but showed some cracks early in the tournament. Arkansas beat 15-seed Texas Southern by one in the opening round, then got taken to overtime by both Syracuse and Memphis. In the championship game, Ed O’Bannon scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as UCLA won its first title since 1975 and denied Arkansas and the SEC a second straight trophy. "},{"level":2,"_id":"FM5WGZW7SFAIPPDZFDMRR4ZQZ4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>18. Kentucky (1996)</b>"},{"_id":"JYWHOU7PQVEUZCBG6C4YBPIWAU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Rick Pitino"},{"_id":"4TAOMJ5L3BHY7KKHFGIJGL2334","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Tony Delk, Antoine Walker, Walter McCarty"},{"_id":"IBPXOS6K7BBK5HWKLPKIOEZZRU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 1 in Midwest Region"},{"_id":"4SQW2NF33JCRNPIIQMC3GNSX7U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Beat UMass 81-74 in national semifinal; beat Syracuse 76-67 in national championship game."},{"_id":"PCZXKV3SFJFBTHPNOGBIFWYEHU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 34-2"},{"_id":"TBGWHY5I4BFSZEHDDFKW4A7W5A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: One of the more dominant teams in modern college basketball history, the Wildcats won 27 straight games at one stretch and eventually sent nine players to the NBA. Kentucky went unbeaten in the SEC during the regular season, but lost the tournament title game to Mississippi State. The Wildcats rolled through the NCAA tournament, however, avenging one of its two losses in the national semifinal before winning the title game behind seven 3-pointers from Delk. The championship was Kentucky’s sixth, but first since 1978. "},{"level":2,"_id":"Y6DH5IZWVZDUFAUJUYLP7UCIRE","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>19. Mississippi State (1996)</b>"},{"_id":"LGMHHHSJ3VF45M2L6IU7PHA24M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Richard Williams"},{"_id":"XNLSGUTSIFC3ZGSUHNJLXLDYKM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Darryl Wilson, Dontae’ Jones, Erick Dampier"},{"_id":"NYSUSQUML5BSZPG4GTN5PBLJGQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 5 in Southeast Region"},{"_id":"DFH7KEZNZ5CPNHQSSLAQSCE3GQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Syracuse 77-69 in national semifinal"},{"_id":"POXKSG3TYFHLTL7XE3MAR2ZTZE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 26-8"},{"_id":"RDNHFYQ2H5CTBMMHINOFQTRTRQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Notable: The Bulldogs overcame a slow start to conference play, but turned it on down the stretch, including an upset of Kentucky in the SEC tournament championship game. They then beat top-seeded Connecticut in the Sweet 16 and No. 2 Cincinnati in the regional final to give the SEC two Final Four teams for the second time in three years. In the Final Four, State turned the ball over 21 times to fall into a 15-point hole vs. John Wallace and Syracuse and never recovered."},{"level":2,"_id":"LU53EECAOFDAFMYKJ5TZ5GKZLM","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>20. Kentucky (1997)</b>"},{"_id":"62C2JPUTXFFHXBYDH2YMLJOJXQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Rick Pitino"},{"_id":"36MD4K2DQFAZFGVUT3VR6BTMAM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Ron Mercer, Derek Anderson, Anthony Epps"},{"_id":"6M24HTU3V5HJBM2N3G6QTEBXIQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 1 in West Region"},{"_id":"34FTSOKIXFGHPDDZUPPLH4Z6XU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Beat Minnesota 78-69 in national semifinal; lost to Arizona 84-79 in overtime in national championship game"},{"_id":"7VBHLKUBJVGSVPWUP23KFAXFII","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 35-5"},{"_id":"64QSVDSZ75GQHGXXFTJUU7I4J4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Notable: Seeking to repeat as national champion for the first time since the 1940s, the Wildcats were not quite as powerful and actually lost twice to upstart South Carolina during the regular season. Still, they won the SEC tournament, and made it to the Final Four in Indianapolis with relative ease. But they ran into Miles Simon, Mike Bibby and surprising Arizona in the championship game, losing in overtime in what proved to be Pitino’s swan song at Kentucky before his ill-fated tenure with the Boston Celtics. "},{"level":2,"_id":"C5OE23CMDVABNGMXGO36XT2PHU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>21. Kentucky (1998)</b>"},{"_id":"4PVMQTQRXNAOPHJDJLH2FS62GE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Tubby Smith"},{"_id":"AENPAGTUT5A73CO65T5M2BEG5E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Jeff Sheppard, Nazr Mohammed, Scott Padgett"},{"_id":"5YFE6J7BKRFORFJ47YTO2O4XGA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 2 in South Region"},{"_id":"U6TOBSEQOVDJFB7LAPIOCCQ634","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Beat Stanford 86-85 in overtime in national semifinal; beat Utah 78-69 in national championship game"},{"_id":"ATR5HSWBGJGJBO4UUUMZI6QIII","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 35-4"},{"_id":"FVMZGZ3JWJFO5HKSER3SHWNCZ4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: A coaching change made little difference for the Wildcats, who again were the class of the SEC and reached the national championship game for the third straight year. They had some close calls in the tournament, however, surviving a failed buzzer-beater by Duke in the Elite Eight and outlasting Stanford in the Final Four behind a career-high 27 points from Sheppard. Kentucky then overcame a 10-point halftime deficit in the title game, scoring 47 points in the second half to win their seventh championship overall and second in three years."},{"level":2,"_id":"JD3XZQZ2OFBWZLPWLMY2IVR7LY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>22. Florida (2000)</b>"},{"_id":"QTTZN2653BFDTPC6I6QTP673W4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Billy Donovan"},{"_id":"C4LEMWFJWREGPC33JBSSL7LREU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem, Donnell Harvey"},{"_id":"6E4KHCSUIZG3DABHSTYD7QU23U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 5 in East Region"},{"_id":"2UKFI2RFIFG2FOJCYNPWLPYPY4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Beat North Carolina 71-59 in national semifinal; lost to Michigan State 89-76 in national championship game"},{"_id":"XJ46FNIOEFD7VANGPOQEFOZ6WY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 29-8"},{"_id":"2CKALHJ46BB57MO65VCSSSKFYQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: Donovan’s first outstanding Florida team tied Kentucky and Tennessee for the SEC East title, then beat top-seeded Duke in the Sweet 16 on the way to its second-ever Final Four. After getting past North Carolina in the national semifinal, the Gators never really threatened against a powerhouse Michigan State team in the championship game despite Haslem’s 27 points. "},{"level":2,"_id":"6SE6H54BZNGFJBMNRUEXLBHIGA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>23. 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Florida then throttled Cinderella upstart George Mason in the semifinals before overwhelming UCLA in the title game. Noah was the star of the championship game, scoring 16 points, grabbing nine rebounds and recording six blocks. "},{"level":2,"_id":"AH3INNIZG5EKVBKZ2H2Z3FQGY4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>24. LSU (2006)</b>"},{"_id":"4ABOPKNX4FERJO6O7PFYBABXXU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: John Brady"},{"_id":"EGHWTELYIZAFJPERFBTZRTHJBA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Glen Davis, Darrel Mitchell, Tasmin Mitchell"},{"_id":"6OJY7PE2X5GGXDUVNKIJ7P35GA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 4 in Atlanta Region"},{"_id":"ABTNXCFPZRFW3NLQT242N3ZXAI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost 59-45 to UCLA in national semifinal"},{"_id":"IFIIA7BNLFFYZO7TDPQTVFVPJA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 27-9"},{"_id":"RQCG626LYJAZLBQNCVTQ5YIF4M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: The Tigers lost to Florida in the SEC tournament semifinals, but won four straight NCAA tournament games to give the league two teams in the Final Four for the third time. LSU survived Texas in overtime in the regional final before running into UCLA’s defensive brick wall in the national semifinal. The Tigers shot just 32% as a team, and Davis made only 5 of 17 shots and 4 of 10 free throws. "},{"level":2,"_id":"MJRYCHAAIFAUNOC2K3H4Q7WN3U","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>25. 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Florida cruised to the SEC regular season and tournament championships, then blitzed through the NCAA field on the way to a second straight national title. With 18 points and 12 rebounds, Horford was the headliner of the title game this time, helping the Gators become just the second SEC team (after 1948-49 Kentucky) to repeat as national champions. "},{"level":2,"_id":"XVJ7OOIHZVHB3II4JOLMJFCOWM","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>26. Kentucky (2011)</b>"},{"_id":"4F5H6OL2AFAA3PSID4NAC7Q2C4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: John Calipari"},{"_id":"WAFRTXRXOZDGPFJRBTVVGNOQEU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Brandon Knight, Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb"},{"_id":"HHH5DUSTSNF2LO2AH2AOA4MQRU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 4 in East Region"},{"_id":"VVUFZE3ADVBQTJMTED6GPDQW2U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Connecticut 56-55 in national semifinal"},{"_id":"EZ4FQHQNFVDNBAYV3QPY3ANKSI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 29-9"},{"_id":"JE3YA7OZKNHARFQHZE2W5WYUMQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: After a team led by freshmen John Wall, Eric Bledsoe and DeMarcus Cousins had failed to reach the Final Four in 2010, Calipari’s second group of first-year stars got the Wildcats back in the national semifinals for the first time since 1998. There they met eventual national champion UConn and Kemba Walker, who did just enough to send Kentucky home with a one-point loss after DeAndre Liggins’ last-second 3-pointer came up short."},{"level":2,"_id":"4M2FQ3Z5H5FFNJL4EDIPVUD4FU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>27. 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The national player of the year, Davis averaged 15.2 points, 11.2 rebounds and 4.6 blocks in Kentucky’s six NCAA tournament games. Lamb, a sophomore, scored 22 as the Wildcats led wire-to-wire in the title game."},{"level":2,"_id":"YS7FWT6E3ZH3ZBKK7XX22VM2D4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>28. 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The Gators won 30 straight games at one point, including all 18 in the SEC during the regular season and three in the conference tournament. Florida’s winning streak was finally snapped by the upstart Huskies, who eventually rolled to the national championship as a 7-seed. "},{"level":2,"_id":"PIO7MBO2I5FG7E7ONRFCQUQZJ4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>29. Kentucky (2014)</b>"},{"_id":"7E4T3AMRARDMHDW4HLSB4U3YHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: John Calipari"},{"_id":"ZSNHOTAWEZG3ZOCABUI2JO6HX4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Julius Randle, James Young, Aaron Harrison"},{"_id":"CALNZYQSLVHTDJGRC54LNSTIIQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 8 in Midwest Region"},{"_id":"ASAUWXNEWRDKXBTGPP4XLV33HI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Beat Wisconsin 74-73 in national semifinal; lost to UConn 60-54 in national championship game"},{"_id":"GGJIVWNXWJALDEPL23D7PQEBM4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 29-11"},{"_id":"HC3TUK6JLFDRBJF6XKPH7DIZVI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: One of Calipari’s weaker teams record-wise (at least to that point) actually got within six points of a national championship in what was a strange NCAA tournament. The Wildcats lost three of their last four during the regular season and then fell to Florida in the SEC title game by a single point before reeling off five straight NCAA tournament wins by 7, 2, 5, 3 and 1 point. Kentucky missed 11 free throws in the title game, sealing their fate against Shabazz Napier and UConn. "},{"level":2,"_id":"TJOETARNENDXLORXDGXNZ5HZ54","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>30. Kentucky (2015)</b>"},{"_id":"ANPLWQANLBCQZOA7ZVLHIGZUZE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: John Calipari"},{"_id":"LZDIIPDXQNCWDCYFKH4U5MDZEI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Aaron Harrison, Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker"},{"_id":"BZ3X2B5K2FHW5AJO7DWYYSB3WA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 1 in Midwest Region"},{"_id":"NNDHXO4RFVG33MJNCG34H35NGI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Wisconsin 71-64 in national semifinal"},{"_id":"R6RDE2P7XZBEFOK5T7PUCG52I4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 38-1"},{"_id":"U4BI7ANRDNFGZMWHXS636BQZ6M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: Maybe the best team at Kentucky (or anywhere else) that didn’t win a championship rolled through the regular season, SEC tournament and four rounds of the NCAA tournament, looking all the while like it might pull off the sport’s first undefeated season since 1976 Indiana. But Frank “The Tank” Kaminsky and Wisconsin had other ideas in the Final Four, taking the lead for good with 1:42 left and sending the Wildcats home, two wins short of perfection. "},{"level":2,"_id":"HJGABCO2TNEBDE63CBLNVMD7WQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>31. 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They lost four of their last six regular-season games and then went one-and-done in the SEC tournament. But they beat the 2, 3 and 4 seeds in their region — Duke, Baylor and Florida — to make it to the national semifinals. South Carolina gave a 37-1 Gonzaga team everything they wanted, with the Bulldogs not putting the game away until a pair of made free throws in the final seconds. "},{"level":2,"_id":"3HAJMEW5MFGIJM5XCESGV2OKHQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>32. Auburn (2019)</b>"},{"_id":"XLMNHBAQXRHS7M2ANGO7KL3TYY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Bruce Pearl"},{"_id":"RPGP6PAMLRB6LOKQ4AXH7C6NNI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Bryce Brown, Jared Harper, Chuma Okeke"},{"_id":"M45NMOB3QNCX3NMN4ANUHJCTHA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 5 in Midwest Region"},{"_id":"TL7ACIQWFJHZTMB7DH56YSFLWU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Virginia 63-62 in national semifinal"},{"_id":"2ITPVSJKIFBT7GRIGLHWAHJ55E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 30-10"},{"_id":"7J53DIMGXFCOPP4LLZIOVYRP7U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: Maybe the most painful loss by an SEC team in Final Four history, the Tigers were victimized by one egregious non-call and one questionable whistle in the final seconds vs. the eventual national champion Cavaliers. Auburn had won 12 straight games to that point, including the SEC tournament and victories over bluebloods Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky in the NCAA tournament. The Tigers led Virginia by two with less than 10 seconds left, when the Cavaliers’ Ty Jerome appeared to get away with a double-dribble. Auburn’s Samir Doughty then fouled Kyle Guy on a 3-point attempt with 0.6 seconds remaining (on a very close call), and Guy made all three free throws to win it for Virginia. "},{"level":2,"_id":"SZAARJO7SRHKZBPOJ4KM4GQSCY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>33. Alabama (2024)</b>"},{"_id":"ULLMHCTQYVEH3H4UZBMIYHMMFY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Coach</b>: Nate Oats"},{"_id":"ZMUIMF6PQRELPB6QIJFNVNNNDI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Top players</b>: Mark Sears, Aaron Estrada, Grant Nelson<b>Tournament seed</b>: No. 4 in West Region"},{"_id":"OIYBEOTPXVFYNJ7UQV52I3XPHU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final Four results</b>: Lost to Connecticut 86-72 in national semifinal"},{"_id":"GDHTK6VVHFHV3IAWZIKG26LRTE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Final record</b>: 25-12"},{"_id":"2G4SX32O6VDTJOUY37OH2HHU3Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Notable</b>: The Crimson Tide reached the Final Four for the first time by winning two games in Spokane and two more in Los Angeles. First came double-digit victories over College of Charleston and Grand Canyon in the first two rounds before an 89-87 shocker vs. top-seeded North Carolina in the Sweet 16. Nelson was the star of that one, with 24 points and 12 rebounds, including a go-ahead 3-point play and a game-clinching blocked shot in the final minute. Alabama then bounced Clemson 89-82 in the Elite Eight to secure its deepest-ever tournament run. The party ended in Glendale, Ariz., vs. defending champion UConn, which held the Crimson Tide without a field goal for one key five-minute stretch in the second on its way to a second straight national title. "},{"_id":"O2WVPVWFTBALXNSNGX2IAMWMOY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"So that’s the complete list of SEC teams to make a Final Four. Auburn and Florida will add to the league’s Final Four legacy beginning on Saturday night."},{"_id":"EJNA6BMMFNBBLP7BMKEGD7TVDU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>Creg Stephenson has worked for </i><a href=\"https://www.al.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><i>AL.com</i></a><i> since 2010 and has covered SEC sports for a variety of publications since 1994. Contact him at </i><a href=\"mailto:cstephenson@al.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><i>cstephenson@al.com</i></a><i> or follow him on Twitter/X at </i><a href=\"https://twitter.com/CregStephenson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><i>@CregStephenson</i></a><i>.</i>"}],"description":{"basic":"Auburn, Florida face each other in national semifinal on Saturday"},"source":{"system":"composer","name":"advancelocal","source_type":"staff"},"taxonomy":{"entities":[{"score":1,"_id":"Q2343394","label":"John Wallace (basketball)","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,BasketballPlayer"},{"score":0.9862,"_id":"Q5461408","label":"Florida Gators men's basketball","type":"Agent,Organisation"},{"score":0.9223,"_id":"Q5161550","label":"UConn Huskies men's basketball","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam"},{"score":0.8083,"_id":"Q3143454","label":"UConn Huskies","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam"},{"score":0.7847,"_id":"Q5547005","label":"Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,BasketballTeam"},{"score":0.7836,"_id":"Q311735","label":"Joakim Noah","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,BasketballPlayer"},{"score":0.7415,"_id":"Q521829","label":"Antoine Walker","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,BasketballPlayer"},{"score":0.7179,"_id":"Q16821792","label":"1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team","type":"SportsSeason,SportsTeamSeason,NCAATeamSeason"},{"score":0.7086,"_id":"Q259401","label":"Alex Groza","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,BasketballPlayer"},{"score":0.7024,"_id":"Q6719876","label":"Memphis Tigers men's basketball","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,BasketballTeam"},{"score":0.6901,"_id":"Q996954","label":"NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament","type":"Agent,SportsLeague,BasketballLeague"},{"score":0.6901,"_id":"Q271933","label":"Patrick Ewing","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,BasketballPlayer"},{"score":0.6827,"_id":"Q553516","label":"Corey Brewer","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,BasketballPlayer"},{"score":0.6723,"_id":"Q3615392","label":"UCLA Bruins men's basketball","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete"},{"score":0.669,"_id":"Q15718182","label":"Syracuse Orange men's basketball","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,BasketballTeam"},{"score":0.6637,"_id":"Q1748399","label":"Taurean Green","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,BasketballPlayer"},{"score":0.6632,"_id":"Q2558776","label":"Ralph Beard","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,BasketballPlayer"},{"score":0.6523,"_id":"Q3856893","label":"Michigan State Spartans men's basketball","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,BasketballTeam"},{"score":0.6456,"_id":"Q6879318","label":"Mississippi State Bulldogs football","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam"},{"score":0.6427,"_id":"Q551032","label":"John Wooden","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,Coach,CollegeCoach"},{"score":0.6268,"_id":"Q3666448","label":"C. 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