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Across
  1. 3. Last team to earn first NCAA Tournament win and win national title in same season, doing so in 1963
  2. 4. The last time 2 teams from the same state met in the National Championship was in 1962, between teams from this state
  3. 7. With 2,296 career points, he has scored more college points than any other player in the Final Four
  4. 8. FAU played a 58-possession game against this team, the slowest paced game of this year's Tournament
  5. 10. UConn and San Diego State met in the 2011 Sweet 16, with this star tying a UConn NCAA Tournament record with 36 points
  6. 11. Lowest seed FAU has had in an NCAA Tournament
  7. 13. NCAA Tournament MOP the last time a conference claimed the Tournament and NIT in the same year
  8. 15. The only current C-USA school with a national title, they won it under a different name in 1966
  9. 17. Lowest seed San Diego State has had in an NCAA Tournament
  10. 20. Alma mater of Miami head coach Jim Larranaga
  11. 22. Miami blew a 25-point lead on Feb. 25 against this team, the largest blown lead in a D-I game this season
  12. 25. One of the countries outside of the United States in which a Final Four rotation player was born
  13. 28. Hometown of the Huskies
  14. 29. Lowest seed to play for a National Championship
  15. 32. Florida Atlantic's conference next season
  16. 33. Top rebounder so far in this NCAA Tournament
  17. 34. UConn and FAU both won road games vs this SEC opponent in the regular season
  18. 35. Last school that currently plays outside a "Power 6" conference to win a national title
  19. 38. One of the countries outside of the United States in which a Final Four rotation player was born
  20. 39. Final Four MOP for the only team in the last decade to win all 6 NCAA Tournament games by double digits
  21. 42. Previous school for SDSU's Darrion Trammell, where he led the WAC in scoring in 2020-21
  22. 45. Former UConn star who could have benefitted from NIL so that he didn't have to go to bed "starving"
  23. 47. Singer of current version of "One Shining Moment"
  24. 48. TV network carrying this year's Final Four games
  25. 49. Coach of UConn's last national championship winning team
  26. 50. Last team to earn first NCAA Tournament win and advance to National Championship in same season
  27. 52. Miami's all-time leading scorer, a Naismith Hall-of-Famer renowned for his unique free throw shooting style
Down
  1. 1. Florida Atlantic and Miami are the first ever schools from south Florida to reach the Final Four. This is the first school from the state to reach a National Semifinal
  2. 2. At 7'2", the tallest player at this Final Four, in terms of listed height
  3. 5. One of the countries outside of the United States in which a Final Four rotation player was born
  4. 6. SDSU leading scorer Matt Bradley played his freshman year of college for this California coach (first and last name)
  5. 9. Name of UConn's on-campus arena
  6. 12. Leading scorer for the last C-USA team to reach the Final Four before FAU
  7. 14. The only UConn player to make more 3s than Jordan Hawkins in a season, and one of the best shooters of all-time
  8. 16. One of the countries outside of the United States in which a Final Four rotation player was born
  9. 18. This is the ______ Final Four since seeding began in 1979 without a number 1 seed
  10. 19. Number of NBA players out of Florida Atlantic
  11. 21. 1 of 2 schools to win 5 national titles in a 25-year span
  12. 23. Jordan Hawkins is the 4th Husky to score 20+ points in both regional games of a Tournament. The first to do it was this not-yet-masked man
  13. 24. Son of a Hall-of-Famer in another sport and Miami's last ACC Player of the Year before Isaiah Wong claimed the award this season
  14. 26. Home city of the Owls
  15. 27. This 25-year-old sharpshooter beat his brother to advance to the Final Four
  16. 30. Hometown of FAU star Johnell Davis, as well as the first name of the 2002 National Championship winning coach
  17. 31. Miami's Jim Larranaga knocked UConn out of the Tournament in 2006 while leading these Patriots
  18. 36. San Diego State home arena sponsor
  19. 37. Miami's conference from 1991-2004
  20. 40. Highest seed UConn has had in an NCAA Tournament
  21. 41. As will be the case after 2023, the last team to win the National Championship game in their home state (1975)
  22. 43. This is the _____ Final Four featuring no McDonald's All-Americans or AP All-Americans
  23. 44. San Diego State's most successful NBA alum
  24. 46. It's a finale for this voice of the Final Four
  25. 51. Highest seed Miami has had in an NCAA Tournament