The folks at Madison Square Garden were drooling at the thought of a Duke-Villanova regional final. Two schools that consider the Garden a home away from home in a No. 1 seed vs. No. 2 seed dream matchup.
Instead, there are four football schools fighting for a berth in basketball’s Final Four.
On Friday night, NCAA East No. 3 seed Baylor (27-7) meets seventh-seeded South Carolina (24-10) at 6:29 p.m., and eighth-seeded Wisconsin plays fourth-seeded Florida (8:59 p.m., approximately).
Baylor is making its fourth regional semifinal appearance since 2010. But 1950 was Baylor’s last trip to the Final Four, the prize at stake for Friday night’s winners.