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Why Duke won, Gonzaga and Arizona lost, and who joins Thursday's winners in the Elite Eight

The March Madness road of a pair of No. 1 seeds ended Thursday night, as the Gonzaga Bulldogs and Arizona Wildcats fell short of the Elite Eight in two more NCAA tournament bracket-shaking losses. The Zags, the tournament's No. 1 overall seed who were pursuing the first national championship in school history, fell 74-68 to a fourth-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks team that makes its second consecutive trip to the Elite Eight. The night's other Western power, the Arizona Wildcats, could not overcome the fifth-seeded Houston Cougars in a 72-60 loss that puts the Coogs one step away from a second consecutive Final Four if they can get past also-triumphant Villanova.