GLENDALE, AZ - APRIL 03: The North Carolina Tar Heels celebrate after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2017 NCAA Men's Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. The Tar Heels defeated the Bulldogs 71-65. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Attention, all NCAA basketball fans! The Gonzaga Bulldogs will visit the North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday night, and tickets are still available online.
This will be a rematch of the 2017 Final Four Championship Game, which saw UNC beat fellow No. 1 seed Gonzaga 71-65. South Carolina and Oregon had also reached the Final Four that year.
This year, Gonzaga (9-1) is fourth in the West Coast Conference. The No. 4 Bulldogs’ only loss came in their most recent game against No. 3 Tennessee on Sunday.
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Meanwhile, the Tar Heels (7-2) are first in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Tickets to Saturday’s game at Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina — which will start at 7 p.m. EST — are available for sale on StubHub and start at $47.50.
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