I’m sorry, if you make it to the Final Four, you are no longer an underdog.
Especially in this years Final Four with no #1 seeds.
So, my question(s) to you are . . .
Is this a sign that the process is broken?
Is this a sign that there is incredible parity?
Why can’t NCAA football have a similar format?
Oh, and Go VCU !
Ok, honestly now, how many people had ALL four of these teams in the Final Four for this year?
Aparently, there were 2 people out of 5.9 million on ESPN who do.
That is amazing!
I would have bet that 2 was at least one more than the total who actually did.
I’ve totally enjoyed this years tournament and hope to see Kentucky and VCU in the Championship.
Of course, if that happens, I will be really torn.
Do I route for the team I picked to win the whole thing in my bracket?
or
Do I route for the local guys who are most definitely stealing the show!
| Conference | Bids | 1st | 2nd | Teams remaining |
| Atlantic 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Richmond |
| ACC | 4 | 3 | 3 | Duke, North Carolina, Florida State |
| Big 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | Kansas |
| Big East | 11 | 7 | 2 | Connecticut, Marquette |
| Big Ten | 7 | 5 | 2 | Ohio State, Wisconsin |
| Colonial | 3 | 2 | 1 | Virginia Commonwealth |
| Horizon | 1 | 1 | 1 | Butler |
| Mountain West | 3 | 2 | 2 | San Diego State, Brigham Young |
| Ohio Valley | 1 | 1 | 0 | None |
| Pacific 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Arizona |
| Southeastern | 5 | 2 | 2 | Kentucky, Florida |
| West Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 | None |
Well, it seems that not even the NCAA Big East Selection Committee can guarantee any one conference a presence in the final four.
Out of 11, yes that is 11 Big East Teams (nearly twice as many as any other conference), only 2 remain!
That is an abysmal 18%.
The ACC is still at 75%,
Mountain West, 67%
SouthEastern , 40%,
And Horizon, AKA Butler, tops the list at a whopping 100% !
I’ve always been an ACC fan, no surprise there, But the two teams I am most proud of are: Richmond and VCU! Way to Represent the State of Virginia guys!
Keep up the good work!
Like become Miss America
or
Win the MVP award in the Pro Bowl.
Yup it sure was a good weekend for Virginia students, athletes and universities!
First, Caressa Cameron from VCU won the Miss America pageant.
And to think that she thought her only talent was singing…
Caressa worked hard to perfect her chances in the pageant and successfully navigated her way through grueling questions like the one which stumbled Miss California Carrie Prejean last year.
And I did read somewhere that she is a ‘Goofy Foot’ which means that most pageant contestants lead with their right foot but she leads with her left. Now, this is not goofy at all! After all any good sports coach will tell you that if you are a righty, you lead with your left.
I think all the other contestants are ‘goofy’.
She does have good advice for all the young kids out there and surprisingly enough, it is not to go to school, study, work hard, or even do well…
“We need to get our kids back outside, playing with sticks in the street like I did when I was little,”
Gee, I hope she was talking about hockey…
The other big winners this past weekend came from the the pro bowl. The ACC takes the trophy for most players in the pro bowl this year. All in all there were 23 ACC players in the pro bowl.
3 of them came from Virginia.
D’Brickashaw Ferguson, Heath Miller, and Matt Schaub.
Matt Schaub had a 98 passer rating this year with 4770 yards passing and 29 TD’s.
And he won the MVP award in the pro bowl.
Congratulations Matt!
So, does Caressa have any advice for Matt?
Well, as any good communications major should, she does appear to be working on her delivery, release point, and of course she is leading with her left !!!
Fumbled Returns 