NCAA MEN’S FINAL FOUR IN HOUSTON BUDDY AND MORE One more quick look before tip-off. NORTH CAROLINA VS. SYRACUSE VILLANOVA VS. OKLAHOMA 7:49 p.m. Saturday, TV: TBS (16) 5:09 p.m. Saturday, TV: TBS (16) FOR STARTERS FOR STARTERS It’s Round 3 for the ACC rivals. The Tar Heels won both These teams met earlier in the season and the Sooners regular-season meetings by wrecking the Orange’s zone turned it into a laugher behind a barrage of three-point- with their strong post play. Fail to figure out how to stop ers, making 14 behind the arc in the 78-55 win. Expect North Carolina inside and the Tar Heels could sweep into this one to be much closer and more entertaining. the title game. THE STARS THE STARS , Oklahoma. If you don’t know who Buddy , North Carolina. All-American is a matchup Buckets is, you haven’t been following college hoops nightmare on offense and has become a shot-blocking — or sports, for that matter. menace late in the season. Josh Hart, Villanova. On a team with no true stars, Buddy Hield , Syracuse. Need a basket, , as- Hart stands out because of how hard he plays — is coming off sist or ? He’s the man for the Orange. on every play. a 37-point CRUNCHING NUMBERS CRUNCHING NUMBERS showing 10: Syracuse’s seed in the NCAA Tournament, making the 22: Years since Lon Kruger last coached in the against Or- Orange the first No. 10 and fourth double-digit seed to Final Four, with Florida. egon in the reach the Final Four. Elite Eight LAST WORDS AP LAST WORDS “I think we learned a lot from Oklahoma. “I don’t know if we look at ourselves as Cinderella. We’re They were the team we wanted to be. It Syracuse. We’re not normally a 10 seed, and I think that was a great barometer for us all through we’ve proved that through this tournament.” — Syracuse the season.” — Villanova coach Jay Wright guard Trevor Cooney