Flashback: Utah's Final Four appearances
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It's been almost 30 years since a Utah team has made a men's Final Four appearance.
The big picture: A review of bracket history shows the longtime dominance of college basketball's "blue blood" programs — always useful knowledge when filling out your bracket — but there's always the potential for lesser-known schools to make a deep run.
Zoom in: The University of Utah's men's basketball team has reached the Final Four in the men's NCAA basketball tournament four times (1944, 1961, 1966, 1998).
Yes, but: 23 states, including Utah, have been shut out of the women's Final Four.
- That's mainly because the women's tournament began 43 years after the first men's event.
What we're watching: The Utah State Aggies face UCLA in the first round on March 20. BYU men's team will challenge VCU the same day.
- Meanwhile, the Utah women's basketball team will compete against Indiana on March 21.