Step aside, blue bloods. Make way for the new bloods. The Auburn Tigers and Texas Tech Red Raiders will make their first final-weekend appearances at the 2019 Final Four in Minneapolis next Saturday. Both teams are vying to become the first to win a national title in their initial Final Four appearance since UConn did it 20 years ago.
Joining them will be the Michigan State Spartans -- the only team left in the field that has won a national championship -- as well as a Virginia Cavaliers squad that makes its first Final Four appearance since 1984.