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Historic teams or sign of growing disparity? What to make of four No. 1 seeds in Final Four

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This year marks the first time since 2008 a Final Four is composed entirely of No. 1 seeds.

Duke, Houston , Florida and Auburn are the top four teams nationally in Ken Pomeroy’s net rating ranking.

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl : “These are the best four teams in college basketball. These four teams have earned it all year long . It's not a knock on anybody else.

And even if the field is tilting toward high-major teams long term (it is), they will not often be made quite like this. Wider perception of this tournament so far has painted it as a bit of a dud, but the bracket sorted itself out in the end. Saturday night might be generational. Follow IndyStar reporter Zach Osterman on X: @ZachOsterman..