Athletes from each Final Four school partner for stirring national anthem

For the second consecutive year, the NCAA invited four student-athletes from each Final Four school to sing the national anthem Saturday prior to the first national semifinal game, and once again they killed it.

This year the four vocalists were Chevis Armstead II, a track and field athlete from Syracuse; Karlie Crispin, a women's basketball player from Villanova; Nico Melo, a men's soccer player from North Carolina and Madison Ward, a women's volleyball player from Oklahoma.

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The NCAA first used the approach of four students from the participating schools last season and so far nothing from either performance should be giving anyone reason to switch it up.

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