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Finally, there are four: four teams packing plenty of talent and loaded with desire will slug it out for the NCAA championship.(NCAA Final Four)(Brief Article)

The Sporting News

| April 05, 2004 | Taylor, Benson | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

We started with 65 and are down to four, arriving at college basketball's biggest stage.

Most of the attention will focus on the traditional powers in one semifinal--Duke and Connecticut. The Blue Devils and Huskies will meet in a rematch of the 1999 championship game.

The Blue Devils, who are returning to the Final Four for the first time since their 2001 championship game, will be going for their fourth title in the past 14 years. UConn, making its first Final Four appearance since that '99 game, has the most feared duo in the game in Emeka Okator and Ben Gordon, but the Huskies will be pestered by questions about Okafor's health. Besides his nagging back problems, he sustained a neck stinger in the regional final that sent pain down his right arm and into the fingers on his shooting hand.

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