HOUSTON (AP) – VCU arrived at the Final Four with its team, its bandwagon and its T-shirt. “There goes my bracket,” it says – an oh-so-fitting statement printed in gold letters and sandwiched between the school logo and the picture of a crumpled-up piece of paper.
Indeed, almost anyone who wins an office pool this year will limp home to their victory. Hardly anyone saw this coming.
But for VCU, Butler, Connecticut and Kentucky, all of whom got their first look at Reliant Stadium on Thursday, this is a time to act like they expected it all along, to focus on winning a national championship that hardly seemed likely when the first ball was tipped back in October.
In Saturday’s first semifinal, eighth-seeded Butler will play 11th-seeded VCU, with No. 3 Connecticut vs. No. 4 Kentucky to follow.
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