The Lindseys — Stacy, Audrey and Jordan — are rooting for their Wildcats throughthe weekend. They have tickets to both the Saturday and Monday night games.
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It certainly wasn't filled to capacity, but the crowd at Reliant Stadium onFriday was enthusiastic.
Texas A&M students Thomas Sizer and Oliver Chen cut class to be at ReliantStadium. They don't seem too torn up about it.
Jamie Skeen — one of college basketball's discards — celebrates that he and VCUare headed to Houston for the Final Four.
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It will be the haves vs the have nots with Kentucky coach John Calipari takingon UConn in one Saturday night semifinal and VCU getting Butler in the other.
Sometimes you're so happy that you can't help but cry. VCU in a quiet moment onits Final Four journey with coach Shaka Smart.
The court is set for the Houston Final Four and the teams are too.
The VCU players celebrated like they'd won it all after beating Florida State inOT. And why not? The Rams are already the first team ever to win four games toget to the Elite Eight.
Shaka Smart made the right call by changing his call on decisive inbounds play.
They don't call Bradford Burgess "Big Shot Brad" for nothing.
But now fearsome Kansas, arguably the most talented No. 1 seed still standing,awaits the smarter Cinderella.
Jim Burr was part of the officiating crew that Texas and coach Rick Barnes willnever forget. Burr didn't make the five-second call that drove Barnes iratethough.
The NCAA Tournament is crueler to its losers than any other sporting event. Theend can be beyond sudden.
The NCAA would have you believe the NCAA Tournament started on Tuesday inDayton. Instead, it really began with Butler forward Matt Howard's buzzerbeater.
Texas made itself some fans in Tulsa when its stars like Tristan Thompsonstarted throwing free stuff into the stands.
Imagine bringing this tailgate to 78,000 people and you have an idea of the goalat the Houston Final Four.
The NCAA hopes that the Reliant Stadium lots will be even more festive than theones around Lucas Oil Stadium for the Final Four in Indianapolis last year.
Houston's Final Four tailgating doesn't figure to be this Do It Yourself. Atleast, not the official portion.
Sylvia's felt like Butler's Gordon Hayward after his half-court shot in thenational championship game at the buzzer just bounced out. Cinderella was soclose.