During Final Four week, I wondered how many times a Pac-12 or Big Ten school had won the Rose Bowl and reached the Final Four in the same college sports cycle, comprised of the football season in the fall moving into basketball for the winter. How many times did a Pac-12 or Big Ten school party on New Year’s Day (or January 2) in Pasadena, and then book a spot at the Final Four roughly three months later? © Provided by Badgers Wire Here is the list of schools which have pulled off the feat, and the list of instances in which this has occurred: USC won the 1940 Rose Bowl and reached the 1940 Final Four. Illinois won the 1952 Rose Bowl and reached the 1952 Final Four. Michigan has done this several times: The Wolverines pulled off this dynamic double in 1965, 1989, and 1993. In 1989, Michigan…
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