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This week, The Dagger takes a deeper look at each of the four schools participating in the 2013 Final Four. We start with the East Region champion. Syracuse
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[Getting to know the Final Four: Michigan | Louisville | Wichita State]

How they got to Atlanta: d. No. 13 Montana (81-34), d. No. 12 California (66-60), d. No. 1 Indiana (61-50), d. No. 3 Marquette (55-39).
Greatest basketball moment: Defeating Kansas for the national title in 2003 with Carmelo Anthony leading the way. The Orange knocked off three teams from the Big 12 Conference including No. 1 seeds Oklahoma and Texas en route to the championship in New Orleans.

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The mayor of Dunk City is trading one coast for the other.

Andy Enfield, whose Florida Gulf Coast team became the first No. 15 seed ever to reach the Sweet 16 last week, has agreed to a deal to become USC's next coach. Enfield became the Trojans' top target after they were unable to land Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon and Memphis coach Josh Pastner.

The hire of Enfield provides USC the splashy hire it has sought since athletic director Pat Haden fired former coach Kevin O'Neill in January. Enfield went from anonymity to stardom almost overnight thanks to his supermodel wife, his captivating life story and his team's fearless, high-flying style.

Though Enfield only has two years of experience as a college head coach, his background suggests he'll be able to recruit successfully to USC.

He has NBA ties as an assistant coach and shooting instructor, he thrived at Florida State as Leonard Hamilton's top recruiter and many of Florida Gulf Coast's top players were kids he landed rather than holdovers from the previous regime. Furthermore, his bold, fast-paced style is a contrast to how new UCLA coach Steve Alford's teams traditionally have played, which should help him land some Los Angeles recruits who prefer up tempo basketball.

"Andy has been successful in every area of his life," Haden said in a statement. "He has a consistent and proven record of success for more than 15 years in college and the NBA. He is a respected teacher who develops his players on the court and sees them excel in the classroom, he is a noted shooting coach, he is a relentless recruiter and he has integrity and great character."

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If Sean Miller was already livid about the quick technical foul he received late in Arizona's Pac-12 semifinal loss to UCLA almost three weeks ago, imagine how much more furious he is now that he knows what preceded it.

Pac-12 coordinator of officiating Ed Rush told a group of referees the day before that game he would reward them with $5,000 or a trip to Cancun if they assessed a technical foul to Miller or ejected him from a game, CBSSports.com reported Monday. Rush then reiterated that statement the following day.

Whether Rush was being serious or trying to make a bad joke, it creates the perception of bias when the Pac-12's head of officiating suggests a particular coach be treated differently than his colleagues. The only thing worse is that the Pac-12 is bolstering that perception by at least initially standing behind Rush.

In a statement to CBSSports.com, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott classified what Rush said as "comments in jest" and insisted the referees in the room "realized they were not serious offers." Scott said the league investigated the situation but made no mention of further discipline for Rush, saying only that he has "discussed the matter with Rush [and] taken steps to ensure it does not happen again."

Sorry, but that's just not good enough.

In a post-Tim Donaghy world when players and fans are more suspicious than ever of bias among officials, referees should be smart enough to realize there are certain things they cannot joke about – and prejudice is at the top of that list.

Louisville guard Kevin Ware (Getty Images)

Former Texas A&M guard Derrick Roland and former Michigan State cornerback Tyrell Dortch didn't have to watch any replays of Kevin Ware crumpling to the floor on Sunday afternoon to diagnose the injury the Louisville sophomore sustained.

All they needed to see were Ware's teammates wiping tears from their eyes and burying their faces in their hands to realize the Louisville guard had broken his right leg.

The horrified expressions of the Cardinals resembled the ones Dortch recalls seeing on the faces of his Michigan State teammates when he fractured his lower right leg in two places during a football game against Wisconsin in Oct. 2001. Roland witnessed similar anguish and nausea from his Texas A&M teammates when he snapped his tibia and fibula at a 90-degree angle attempting a layup at Washington in Dec. 2009.

"Yesterday was kind of like déjà vu for me," Roland said Monday. "I didn't know how bad my injury was until I saw my teammates' faces and the reaction of the fans in the stands. When I saw everyone on the Louisville bench covering their eyes, that was one of the same things I saw when it happened to me."

If Ware needs reassurance that he can recover enough to return to the court and regain his former speed and explosiveness, the career arcs of both Roland and Dortch may provide some hope.

Doctors weren't sure Roland would ever play again before he underwent surgery, but he was healthy enough to play in pick-up games eight months after his injury and has since played professionally in South America and Europe. Dortch said doctors told him he was risking ending up in a wheelchair if he played football again, but he refused to give up hope, sitting out the 2002 season before becoming a co-captain and key contributor the following two years.

Wichita State's Carl Hall cut down the nets on Saturday, busting a lot of brackets in the process. (AP)

Q: What do you get when the 2013 Final Four features one No. 1 seed in Louisville, a pair of No. 4s in Syracuse and Michigan and an upset-minded No. 9 in Wichita State?

A: A trail of bracket carnage that has resulted in just nine people correctly picking all four teams for Yahoo! Sports' Tourney Pick'Em Contest. Yes, that's from from an original entrant pool that totaled well over three million optimistic folks just over two weeks ago.

Of those nine entries, here's the breakdown by selected champion (sorry, Wichita State):
Louisville — 1, 2,3,4
Michigan — 1, 2, 3
Syracuse — 1,2

And here are some other pertinent stats. How many Final Four teams did you pick correctly?

Archie Goodwin (Getty Images)

When reporters asked Archie Goodwin after Kentucky's first-round NIT loss to Robert Morris whether he intended to enter the NBA draft, the freshman guard dismissed the idea he was ready to turn pro.

"If any of us were saying we think we should leave, then we’d all be delusional," Goodwin said.

Not even two weeks later, Goodwin has reversed course. Kentucky announced Monday morning that Goodwin will enter the NBA draft, gambling that his upside will be enough to entice a team to select him in the latter half of the first round despite a disappointing freshman season.

Kentucky will at least a couple key players back from this year's team as promising but raw 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein and sweet-shooting forward Kyle Wiltjer both revealed they'll return next year. Point guard Ryan Harrow announced Sunday he will transfer to Georgia State and freshmen Nerlens Noel and Alex Poythress have yet to announce if they'll enter the draft or not, though it would be a huge surprise if Noel returned.

"I'm excited that Willie and Kyle have decided to return for next season," Kentucky coach John Calipari said. "When we talk about a players-first program, our goal is for each player to reach his dreams. Willie and Kyle believe it is in their best interest to return to Kentucky next season to achieve those dreams, and I fully support their decisions."

Kevin Ware (via @WhatsUpWitB)

He was in a hospital room instead of the locker room and he wore a hospital gown instead of his basketball jersey, Louisville's Kevin Ware still got the chance to hoist the Midwest Regional championship trophy.

Louisville coaches dropped by Ware's room at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after he underwent two hours of surgery to repair the compound fracture in his lower right leg he suffered in an Elite Eight win over Duke earlier Sunday. In addition to visiting with Ware and checking on his condition, the Louisville coaches also allowed him to hold the trophy the team had won for qualifying for its second straight Final Four.

[Related: Louisville guard Kevin Ware walking on crutches]

The heartwarming photo above circulated Twitter on Sunday night after it was posted by user @WhatsUpWitB. Hopefully the knowledge that his team won brought some comfort to Ware just hours after he'd undergone surgery to have the bone reset, the wound closed and a rod inserted in his tibia.

It was Ware's selfless message to his teammates before he left the court on a stretcher that inspired the Louisville players to pull away from Duke in the second half. Ware demanded that the Cardinals stop worrying about him and make sure that his injury isn't what derails the team's championship aspirations.

"Kevin Ware really was the reason why we pulled this game out," Louisville guard Peyton Siva told reporters. "Like Coach said, he told us countless times, 'Just go win this game for me. Just go win this game. Don't worry about me. I'm fine. Just go win this game.' I don't know how he did it. I don't know how he got the strength to do it, but he told us to go out there and win."

NBA star Kevin Durant poses for photos with the victorious Louisville women (via YouTube)

In the final game of Brittney Griner's illustrious Baylor career, Louisville accomplished something no other team has when facing the greatest player in women's college hoops history.

The Cardinals made Griner a non-factor.

Brittney Griner and Odyssey Sims (AP)

Raining down threes from the perimeter at a record clip and double- and triple-teaming Griner in the paint whenever she touched the ball, Louisville effectively neutralized the 6-foot-8 center. Guard Odyssey Sims spearheaded a furious Baylor rally from a 19-point deficit with less than 12 minutes to play, but Louisville guard Monique Reid hit two free throws with 2.6 seconds left to lift the fifth-seeded Cardinals to a stunning 82-81 victory in the Sweet 16.

Louisville's upset extinguishes Baylor's hopes of a repeat national championship and ends Griner's college career three games sooner than anyone could have expected. She'll likely leave Baylor a three-time first-team All-American, a two-time national player of the year and the second-leading scorer in women's college hoops history, but the lone blight on an otherwise unparalleled career is she'll only have one national championship.

[Related: Inspired Louisville men punch Final Four ticket over Duke]

It's been well known for years that the formula to minimize the Griner effect on a game was to hit shots from the perimeter and not bother challenging her in the paint, but no team has done it as effectively as Louisville. The Cardinals, who entered play Sunday hitting just 31 percent of their 3-pointers, sank 16 of 25 from behind the arc, seven from Antonita Slaughter and five from Shoni Schimmel.

At a timeout midway through the second half, an ESPN sideline reporter asked Baylor coach Kim Mulkey what she intended to change defensively to hinder Louisville's torrid shooting.

"They're unconscious," an exasperated Mulkey replied. "I'm kind of scratching my head what to do."