Final Four

After all the upsets and buzzer beaters and other madness in this years NCAA tournament the field has been cut from 64 down the final four. The four teams that have avoided a loss through the tournament are Michigan State, Butler, Duke, and West Virginia. Even though these are not the teams that were expected to make it to the final four they did. They battled and fought and now the have a chance to win it all.
Lets look at the left side of the bracket. The match up on this side of the bracket is Michigan State versus Butler. Both teams are a five seed in the tournament. Michigan may be a five seed but they were favored throughout the tournament because they have coach Tom Izzo who always finds a way to win in march. Its incredible how coach Izzo has gotten his team to the final four this year, his leading scorer and star player Kalin Lucas has not played since he was injured in the sweet sixteen. The Spartans are also missing another key player Chris Allen who has been dealing with an injury all season. The Spartans played the Tennessee Volunteers in the Elite Eight and won by one point. This will be Michigan States sixth final four in twelve years. Maybe coach Izzo can actually win one this season.
Butler on the other hand was not expected to make it this far in the tournament. The Butler Bulldogs right now are every ones favorite underdog. The bulldogs have made a very good surprising run through the tournament. The Bulldogs prevented a last second shot against Murray State to move on to the Sweet Sixteen. The next obstacle in the way of the Bulldogs was number one seed Syracuse. The Bulldogs pulled off the unbelievable upset to move on to the Elite Eight. The Elite Eight is where most people felt the Bulldogs run would come to an end when they would face a tough number 2 seed Kansas State. Kansas state would come into the Elite Eight game with no rest. The night before the Elite Eight game Kansas State played the late game and went into two overtimes to pull out the win and get to the Elite Eight, but they ran out of gas against the Bulldogs. Butler is shocker of the tournament and the alot of people pulling for them to win the whole thing.
Lets look at the other side of the bracket. Not so much of a shocker with the teams left on this side of the bracket. The only number one seed left Duke will play the number two seed West Virginia. West Virginia won the Big East conference title which most people feel the Big East is the best conference. West Virginia is not who most people had being in final four on the right side of the bracket. Most people expected the powerhouse of Kentucky to be there, but West Virginia pulled a bit of an upset over the wildcats to get themselves to the Final Four. Even with there starting point guard out with a broken foot the mountaineers managed to beat Kentucky and move on to the Final Four. West Virginia is who i like to win it all. I think if they play the way they have been playing they have a very good chance at winning the whole thing.
The only number one seed left in the tournament the Duke Blue Devils. This is certainly not the first time or the last time Coach K and his Blue Devils have made it this far in the tournament. But it is the first time most people had the Duke Blue Devils being the first number one seed out of the tournament. The Blue Devils have proven many people wrong and have showed that they deserve to be the only number one seed left in the tournament. The Blue Devils have three players that basically run there team and get them wins. The three are Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler, and John Scheyer. If these three players play the way they have been and Duke continues to make the three ball then they also have a great chance to win the tournament.