Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Chris Beard spoke to the media after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs 75-69 in the Elite Eight on Saturday, March 30, 2019. By
Forget about the blue bloods. Here comes some new blood.
If there is a mantra for the quartet of teams and fan bases descending upon Minneapolis for the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four, that is it.
For the first time since 1987, the Final Four won’t feature at least one of these six traditional power programs, often referred to as blue bloods: Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA and Louisville.