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Meet the Final Four

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com
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Brett Davis/US Presswire

No. 1 seeded Duke will face No. 2 West Virginia in their Final Four matchup.

What will you remember about the 2010 NCAA tournament? There's been plenty to choose from.

Duke ending its mini-Final Four drought? Michigan State making an improbable run back to the Final Four? Butler giving a whole new meaning to "Final Four host school"? Conquering hometown hero Bob Huggins coaching his alma mater West Virginia past favorite Kentucky and into the Final Four for the first time in 51 years?

Or will you always think about the first two rounds, a series of head-spinning games that left you wanting more and more and more?

It's hard not to remember this tournament for the greatness of those opening rounds:

• Northern Iowa's Ali Farokhmanesh hitting not just one but two shots to essentially ice games against UNLV and top-ranked Kansas in Oklahoma City.

• The finish of the Michigan State-Maryland second-round game in Spokane and its frenetic final 20 seconds. And let's not forget Michigan State escaping against New Mexico State two nights before.

• Murray State's Danero Thomas' buzzer-beater to knock out Vanderbilt in the upset that everyone either picked or claims they picked. … MORE

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