March Madness is back in Philly this weekend. Here's everything you need to know before fourth-seeded UCLA plays eighth-seeded North Carolina and No. 3 Purdue meets No. 15 Saint Peter’s.
“Everybody on our team has a chip on our shoulder,” said Peacocks guard Doug Edert, whose wispy mustache now has a Twitter account. “We’re always trying to prove ourselves as a program, as a basketball team.”The fact that none of these teams — not the bluebloods, not Purdue and certainly not the Peacocks — came into this tournament as a trendy pick provides yet another example of why, exactly, the NCAA Tournament is the most-compelling event on the American sports calendar.
UCLA is shooting for its 20th Final Four . Most of those came during the Wooden dynasty of the 1960s and ’70s when the Bruins won the first 10 of their 11 titles. The last Final Four trip came last season. UCLA was an 11th seed and took undefeated Gonzaga to the buzzer and beyond. “I know all about the Carolina way. I have great reverence for their program and the history of their program,” Bruins coach Mick Cronin said. “But every time I turn left on Sunset , I pinch myself. A guy like me, you’re coaching at UCLA, then you’re coaching in a game like this, it’s cool.”
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