Final four who is vcu

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Okay, they were as unpredictable as their coach. Yes, because Chris Wright still had a broken hand, regardless of what anyone was saying. But a point rout of Purdue? An overtime win against a Florida State team that had just trounced Notre Dame? That's not even the most astounding part of the Bruins' run to the Final Four; they also join the VCU squad as the only teams to advance all the way to the national semifinal from the First Four.

Unfortunately for the Bruins — or fortunately, considering they had to win their previous five tournament games — history repeated against Cronin and Co. No team lower than an 8 seed has ever advanced beyond the Final Four, and only one such team has ever won it all Villanova's team, which beat Georgetown in the final.

Several teams have tried it since , but all have fallen — some harder than others — in the penultimate round of the NCAA Tournament. UCLA came close, but an incredible buzzer-beater by Gonzaga's Jalen Suggs broke the hearts of Bruins faithful everywhere, sending Cinderella home early.