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Wichita State Advances to Final Four

While Syracuse dumps Marquette.

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How’s your bracket looking now? Florida Gulf Coast’s Cinderella story may have ended on Friday night, but Wichita State can’t be beat. The West Regional's ninth-seeded Shockers toppled the No. 2 seed, Ohio State, 70-66 on Saturday night, despite blowing a nearly 20-point lead. Wichita State will now face the winner of the Duke-Louisville game in the Final Four. Meanwhile, Syracuse dominated Marquette, 55-39, sending the Orange to the Final Four for the first time since 2003. President Obama, who had picked an Indiana-Louisville final, attended the game in D.C.—no word if he had any hard feelings toward Syracuse.

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