VCU, and Butler. One of these teams is going to play for the national championship. One of these two teams is 1 game away from being hailed as the nation's #1 basketball team.

Not Ohio State.
Not Kansas.
Not Duke.
Not even Pitt, Florida, or Texas.

VCU.....and Butler.

I guess there really isn't an elite team in CBB this year. There may never be unless players make the deliberate decision to come back and win one like Lawson/Ellington/Hansbrough did and Florida's 2006 team did.

VCU deserves all the credit in the world, but let's be realistic: they won because they made their wide-open jump shots and Kansas did not. Jay Bilas hit the nail right on the head when he said college basketball is the sport where offense wins championships. KU's abysmal shooting was all the defense VCU needed. Seeds don't matter, talent doesn't matter. All that matters is if you can get a little bit of consistency with your jump shot. That's it.

If there's one thing we can take away from this is that at least this validates the First Four. Yes, you too can make the Final Four by winning an extra game that nobody else had to play.