VCU!

I'm absolutely ECSTATIC to see VCU in the Final Four.  And if I'm being honest, I think they have looked the best of the four teams on their way to Houston.  They basically owned Kansas today.  I think they have an actual legit chance to win the national championship.  Butler has flaws, as does UConn and Kentucky.  If the Rams stay hot, they can beat any of those three teams.

That being said, does it make me petty to be feeling a tinge of jealousy right now?  UVA fans huddle together, hoping for mere competency and a shot at making the NIT.  VCU flexes nuts, wrecks teams from every single one of the so-called power conferences, and goes to the Final Four, just like George Mason did five years ago.

Is Tony Bennett the coach to get us back into the NCAA Tournament?  Is he the coach to win games in March?  Can he take us to our rightful Final Four appearance?

We have the arena, we have the recruiting footprint, we have the built-in strength of conference to buoy our RPI.  We should be going to the Tournament on the reg, making runs like this one VCU is making.

I'll fully admit, watching VCU's run has made me feel a bit more impatient about our rebuilding project here in Charlottesville.  I think it's got to be NCAA TOURNAMENT OR BUST for Tony Bennett in 2012.

But until then...

GO RAMS!