The VCU RAMS and Richmond VA going BANANAS over their RAMS.......COACH CAL and his 'CATS get to the FINAL FOUR.....this time with a PERIMETER GAME

SHAKA SMART, the head Coach of the VCU RAMS , will be one of the sought after COACHES at the FINAL FOUR as well as BRAD STEVENS of BUTLER making his second straight Trip to the FINAL 4.

In only the 3rd time ever has an 11 seed in the NCAA Men's BASKETBALL Tourney went to the final four with the last being GEORGE MASON in 2006 when they shocked Final 4 favorite UCONN HUSKIES.

The RAMS led from the start and the only glaring weakness in the KANSAS JAYHAWKS Armor was their above average guard play. Well vs the RAMS they met their match and then some as the only JAYHAWK who had anything off the dribble and was effective enough in the half court set as well as in transition was Jersey City NEW JERSEY Native Tyshawn TAYLOR. The other JAYHAWK Guards were pretty much non-existent and the 3 that so many college teams use as their equalizer was not the equal today for the JAYHAWKS.

The RAMS and Coach SMART get a lot of credit because I was thinking all they heard in the last 40 some odd hours was how the RAMS BIGS are going to stop the Morris twins. SMART and the RAMS said SPELL..........JAMIE SKEEN....the transfer from WAKE FOREST who had a monster 26 points and 10 boards to go with some key defensive stops on the MORRIS BOYS.

It wasn't that the MORRIS BOYS were held in check....case in point.....Marcus 20 points and 16 rebs and Markieff 13 points and 12 rebounds....both double-doubles......but it's that old cliche'....Don't tell me how many you had......at what time in the game did you get them...and to VCU'S Credit they made the necessary plays at the necessary times to get by the #2 Seed overall in the TOURNEY.

Richmond VA had 2 teams in the SWEET 16....RICHMOND and VCU......and one of them are headed to ROCKET CITY....ENJOY RAMS and RICHMOND VA.....you have earned this one BIG TIME.

In the other REGIONAL FINAL it was our transition game vs your transition game.........and how many 3 balls you knock down....and how may 3 balls will we knock down.......and in the end it was the UK WILDCATS that basically used the 3 ball as their weapon and NORTH CAROLINA could not match them.

The BLUEGRASS BOYS shot 12-22.....over 54%..... and the TAR HEELS shot just 3-16.....almost 19%. Add that up and it isn't ROCKET SCIENCE.......36-9 spread.......and the final score was 76-69.....+7 'CATS...there's your ball game PERIOD.

The 'HEELS looked like they were going up hill the whole game and never looked relax enough to get a hold on the game or Freshman COMBO G BRANDON KNIGHT aka KNIGHT TIME....as he went for a cool 22, 7, and 4 helpers...as he just hit big shot after big shot to rip the hearts right out of TAR HEEL Faithful.

COACH CAL finally gets back to the FINAL 4 and redeems himself from last year's Regional Final Debacle where the West Virginia MOUNTAINEERS and COACH HUGGINS aka Huggy Bear used their patented 1-1-3 half-court zone to make the WILDCATS Shoot from the Perimeter and they had no shooters. JOHN WALL and ERIC BLEDSOE couldn't hit a broad side of a BARN....let alone hit anything from 3 vs WVU....and this year's FRESHMAN KNIGHT, Doron LAMB, and Terrance JONES can knock it down with the best of them. LAMB led the SEC at almost a 49% clip from the ARC.

NEXT UP FOR VCU......the #10 Seed BUTLER BULLDOGS.........that should be a game of wills as you have 2 mid-majors that have been playing major roles in this tourney.......STAY TUNED.

And for Coach CAL and his boys.......the Best COMBO G in the EAST......and maybe National PLAYER of the YEAR KEMBA WALKER and the UCONN HUSKIES will meet and greet the CAL'S Bunch. This should be a game where UCONN pick their spots and the 'CATS try to make it a Semi-track meet........2 POWERHOUSE Programs and 2 of the best coaches in the business that have had some dealings with the NCAA unfortunately.......and this will be a MAALOX SPECIAL.