Florida is part of the Elite Eight for the fourth straight season and looks for its 30th consecutive victory when it clashes with upstart Dayton in Saturday’s South regional title game in Memphis, Tenn. The top-seeded Gators haven’t advanced to the Final Four since winning their second consecutive national crown in 2007 and the senior-laden club is aware that another Elite Eight loss would be deflating. The 11th-seeded Flyers are in the Elite Eight for just the third time in school history.

Either Arizona or Wisconsin is going to end a lengthy Final Four drought when the two programs square off in Saturday’s West regional final in Anaheim, Calif. The top-seeded Wildcats haven’t reached the national semifinals since 2001, when famed coach Lute Olson was still at the top of the profession. Second-seeded Wisconsin’s last appearance was one year earlier when Dick Bennett surprisingly guided the eighth-seeded Badgers into the Final Four.