Remaining Final Four Teams Seeking More Magic to Upend Heavily Favored UConn

Connecticut players Jaylin Stewart (L) and Alex Karaban exit the interview room at the NCAA Final Four site in Glendale, Ariz., on April 4, 2024. Brynn Anderson/AP Photo

GLENDALE, Ariz.—The NCAA men’s Final Four on Saturday and Monday delivers the last entry in college basketball’s heartwarming yearbook, an annual assortment of legendary longshots, coaches looking for hugs, and magic oozing from every corner of the bracket.

The only problem with the 2024 version is that top-seeded Connecticut doesn’t believe in magic.