We are now just under 50 days away from the start of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season, which means optimism is still radiating throughout dozens of the sport’s most notable fan bases.
For a select few, there’s a sense that next March could finally be the one where their team breaks through and makes it to the sport’s final weekend for the first time in the 21st century.
Here are five programs that have reason to believe that 2026 will be the year where they crash the Final Four for the first time in … well, far too long.
St. John’s
Last Final Four: 1985
A surprise second-round loss to 10th-seeded Arkansas
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