Back to Business: Seventh Time When Each Final Four Coach is Returnee

When Roy Williams (North Carolina) and Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) tangled at the national semifinals, it represented the most experienced Final Four match-up in history (total of 13 F4 appearances between them).

This year marks only the seventh occasion when all four coaches converged on the NCAA Tournament national semifinals with previous Final Four experience. But it's the third time in just the last five years. Following are the seven set of coaches who got back to business at the Final Four:

• 1951 - Illinois (Harry Combes), Kansas State (Jack Gardner), Kentucky (Adolph Rupp), Oklahoma A&M (Hank Iba)

• 1968 - Houston (Guy Lewis), North Carolina (Dean Smith), Ohio State (Fred Taylor), UCLA (John Wooden)

• 1984 - Georgetown (John Thompson Jr.), Houston (Guy Lewis), Kentucky (Joe B. Hall), Virginia (Terry Holland)

• 1993 - Kansas (Roy Williams), Kentucky (Rick Pitino), Michigan (Steve Fisher), North Carolina (Dean Smith)

• 2012 - Kansas (Bill Self), Kentucky (John Calipari), Louisville (Rick Pitino), Ohio State (Thad Matta)

• 2015 - Duke (Mike Krzyzewski), Kentucky (John Calipari), Michigan State (Tom Izzo), Wisconsin (Bo Ryan)

• 2016 - North Carolina (Roy Williams), Oklahoma (Lon Kruger), Syracuse (Jim Boeheim), Villanova (Jay Wright)