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Boivin: Upsets harbinger for wild Final Four?

How appropriate that the morning after college basketball delivered one of the craziest trio of games in more than 30 years, NCAA officials were in town to discuss preparations for the Valley’s Final Four.

Could Tuesday’s upsets be a harbinger for a wild weekend of games at University of Phoenix Stadium?

For the first time since 1979, three of the top four teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll lost on the same day. No. 1 Villanova, No. 2 Kansas and No. 4 Kentucky fell to Marquette, West Virginia and Tennessee, respectively.

“What scares me a little bit is last year was one of the most chaotic seasons ever leading into selection week,” said Mark Hollis, chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee.