VCU Receives Hero’s Welcome As Rams Get Set to Take on Butler in Unlikely Final Four Field

There are Cinderellas, and there are the Virginia Commonwealth Rams, who will tip off in the Final Four this weekend after an improbable run to the national semifinals as a No. 11 seed.

The Rams will square off with another team of underdogs, the Butler Bulldogs. Butler returns to the Final Four for the second year in a row, after losing out to Duke in the national championship in 2010.

The Elite Eight certainly had its share of exciting games. VCU is in the Final Four after they upset the heavily favored No. 1-seeded Kansas with a 71-61 victory on Sunday. Butler, on the other hand, was able to pull out an overtime squeaker over Florida, edging the Gators 74-71.

On the other side of the bracket, a couple of powerhouses will meet up as Kentucky and Connecticut meet for a chance to play in the title game. Big Blue is back after John Calipari's Kentucky squad defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels 76-69. UConn, no stranger to the Big Dance, showed some signs of the glory days in advancing to Jim Calhoun's fourth Final Four appearance as they were able to just get by Arizona.

Check out photos of those exciting games and more from the Final Four teams at the photo gallery link below >>

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