Final Four has multiple fifth-year starters again in a farewell to an uncommon era

Final Four has multiple fifth-year starters again in a farewell to an uncommon era

The "COVID years" have largely cycled out of men's and women's college basketball this season, so the semifinals Saturday and title game Monday night will mark a farewell of sorts for a time that has kept players around the college game longer than usual.

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