Final Four gets experience boost from transfer portal, COVID


              Villanova NCAA college basketball head coach Jay Wright gathers with players at the end of practice in Villanova, Pa., Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Villanova will face Kansas in the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
            
              Duke forward Theo John celebrates after scoring against Michigan State during the second half of a college basketball game in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday, March 20, 2022, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
            
              Villanova NCAA college basketball player Jermaine Samuels speaks with members of the media in Villanova, Pa., Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Villanova will face Kansas in the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
            
              North Carolina's Brady Manek reacts during the first half of a college basketball game against St. Peter's in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
            
              Kansas head coach Bill Self talks to Ochai Agbaji during the first half of a college basketball game in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
            
              Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski celebrates while cutting down the net after Duke defeated Arkansas in a college basketball game in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA men's tournament in San Francisco, Saturday, March 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
            
              North Carolina's Armando Bacot, left, and Brady Manek celebrate after North Carolina won a college basketball game against St. Peter's in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
            
              Kansas' Mitch Lightfoot cuts down the net after a college basketball game in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Chicago. Kansas won 76-50 to advance to the Final Four. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Final Four gets experience boost from transfer portal, COVID