Kentucky and UConn have met before in the Tournament

Kentucky and UConn's last meeting was in the second round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament. UConn beat Kentucky in the 2006 Tournament, and I think they have a good chance to win this year too. Although UConn looks like a favorite to win this game, Kentucky has had more success in NCAA Tournaments in the past. UConn has had 29 Tournament appearances, 3 Final Fours, and 2 Championships which is a very solid record. Kentucky, on the other hand, has had 51 Tournament appearances, 13 Final Fours, and 7 Championships, and it still wouldn't surprise people if they win this year as well. We are not even talking about Kentucky's 2012 recruiting class because they are going to have one of the best in the nation. We will see who has the better team on Saturday, April 2.

About Jeffrey Tanner

This is a video where I went around to people that I thought could describe me instead of me trying to describe myself.

A $10,000 ticket...I think not.

The NCAA Tournament is extremely popular, and people that want to go to the finals pay a big price for this entertainment. This year's finals are played at Reliant Stadium in Houston Texas. This Stadium seats around 71,500 people, and the farthest seats could start at around $200, and the lower level can be up to $10,000. I think the seating arrangement is interesting because the combined seating for Butler and VCU's stadiums have a total of 17,500. Large arenas or stadiums have to be used because so many people will buy tickets to see the games being played. Now, you could go online and just look at all of the tickets and prices which makes it a lot easier. Even if it is as easy as clicking a button on the Internet, I still don't think I would pay $10,000 for a ticket.

Kemba Walker is overshadowed by Jimmer Fredette

Kemba Walker is a Junior Guard at the University of Connecticut, and he is probably the best player still in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. I say 'still' because Senior Guard Jimmer Fredette of Brigham Young University has shown his amazing stats that make him seem better than Kemba. The only question I have is although Jimmer's stats are better, who is still in the 2011 Tournament? Kemba and his UConn Huskies are. Kemba averaged 23.9 points a game, and that is no small feat, but compared to Jimmer's 28.9 points per game, Jimmer seems like the better player. In my opinion Kemba Walker is the better player because he and his team are still in this Tournament, and they have a good shot at winning it all if Kemba comes out and plays some good basketball against Kentucky and then against the winner of the VCU and Butler game.

VCU's success story

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was more than likely not a Final Four choice for most people. VCU was only the third 11th seed to make it to the Final Four. The FiveThirtyEight statistical model estimates what is the percentage of a team getting to the Final Four. VCU's likelihood of going to the Final Four was a 0.12% chance. The odds were against VCU, and VCU fought against a number six, three, ten, and one seed, and lets not forget the play-in game also. Basically, VCU has had a hard road to the Final Four, and I would personally like to see VCU go to the Championship game.

Almost all upsets to get to the Final Four

Three out of the four regions had teams make upsets to get to the Final Four. The only team to make it to the Final Four that was a better seed than its opponent was (3) Connecticut against (5) Arizona. The other three were fairly intense games. In the East region, (4) Kentucky beat (2) North Carolina for a Final Four spot. This was not too much of a surprise especially with North Carolina's rough start to the season. North Carolina went farther than most people thought they would so an Elite Eight finish is rather commendable. In the Southeast region, (2) Florida took a loss to (8) Butler which came in overtime. Butler beat the first number one seed in this 2011 tournament, and they were the runner-up in the 2010 tournament, and they brought a strong team back to come to this Final Four spot. Lastly, the Southwest region Final Four spot was most likely the biggest surprise of the 2011 tournament. The win went to (11) Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) over a previously dominating (1) Kansas. VCU beat Kansas by ten points, and they are the only team to play five games to get to the Final Four. This puts (4) Kentucky playing (3) Connecticut and (8) Butler playing (11) VCU. This also makes history in the tournament by being only the second time no number one seeds have made it to the Final Four. Also, the Butler versus VCU game makes it the two highest seeds to play against each other in the Final Four. History is being made in College Basketball in this year's tournament.

Duke vs. Arizona was not just an upset

The Sweet Sixteen round in the West region was a difficult loss by the Duke Blue Devils. This game on March 24th was between (1) Duke and (5) Arizona, and it was the next meeting of these two teams since the 2001 Championship game in Minneapolis where Duke beat Arizona. In this 2011 NCAA Tournament, Arizona beat Duke for a spot in the Elite Eight. I think this upset was Arizona avenging their loss from their 2001 meeting. In this year's game Arizona was hitting every shot, and they were just on a roll. When a team plays better basketball, they win, and Arizona played better basketball. Unfortunately, Arizona's win came with a blow to Duke's dream of winning two Championships in a row.

Kansas...understandable; Richmond, VCU, and Florida State...really?

In the 2011 NCAA Tournament, there are three double digit teams in the Southwest region of the bracket along with number one seed Kansas that made it to the Sweet Sixteen. There have not been three double digit seeded teams in the sweet sixteen since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. This feat is very rare and it will be amazing to see two double digit teams be able to play in the elite eight, but that is unlikely with Richmond’s game against number one ranked Kansas. Each of the three double digit teams have had a tough road to get where they are and it is not going to slow down just yet. Number ten seed Florida State beat number seven ranked Texas A&M by seven points in the second round. Florida State got its first win in the NCAA Tournament since 1998. Florida State played a great number two seed Notre Dame in the third round, and they got a big 14 point win to move on to the Sweet Sixteen. The number eleven seed in the Southwest region of the 2011 Tournament is Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) which has had the hardest road of the three teams. VCU had a play-in game against Southern California which was a supposed upset. Then in the second round VCU played number six seed Georgetown and VCU came out with another upset with an eighteen point victory. VCU then went on to beat third ranked Purdue by another eighteen points to move to the Sweet Sixteen to face Florida State. The third double digit seed is number twelve Richmond who upset Vanderbilt in the second round by three. Richmond went on to play number thirteen seeded Morehead State with a seventeen point victory. Richmond is now in the Sweet Sixteen facing number one ranked Kansas. These Sweet Sixteen games are being played on Friday, March 25, and we will see who moves on to the Elite Eight.