I'm a class of 97 graduate, and I'm very proud to have gone to VCU!

just cause of one tournament?

@@pixeled9683 It's not because of one tournament here that's the point! Fact is it made VCU a brand and they've been a tournament staple since! Also in that one splendid run, they accumulated 4 wins against Power 5 programs which is more than some programs have accumulated in their entire history! And three of those Power 5 programs whom VCU beat are college basketball associated! That March made VCU! They had rare success before 2011, but none which compared! It defined VCU's path forward! Just as Loyola's remarkable run in 2018 did for their path!

@@pixeled9683 Now, I'm speaking for Brett's point of view cing as how he's a VCU Alumni! Nick on the other hand isn't the first bandwagon man and he most certainly won't be the last JS

Just watched this game again for the first time since 2011. I’m from Richmond, had my high school graduation at the Siegel Center, and went to VCU from 2005-09 and have yet to see a VCU game in person. My dad and sister are University of Richmond snobs though; they both got their MBAs there. VCU is built differently. The real University of Richmond! I hope you got to see one of their games!

what makes you watch college basketball?

@@pixeled9683 Rui Hachimura.

Hello? Why are u japanese?

if florida didnt collapse against butler they would have played vcu and i was expecting that to be a great game. but im also waiting for the day a double digit seed reaches the title game. thought loyola would pull it off a few years back

@@ryan979_ right! Woulda loved to see them win it all. I don't think they woulda beat Nova that year tho....

@@MrGodismypower nah i think nova would have dominated that game like they did with michigan. but it would have been great for them to be in the game given also the probes into college ball that year

@@ryan979_ I agree! I hate that umbc didn't go further after upsetting virginia

@@MrGodismypower they were close vs kansas st. kinda ran out of gas vs kansas st in the last few minutes. its hard for those teams to play well again after such an emotional win. fgcu is the only 15 to win the next game after beating the 2 and i think only two 14 seeds have advanced to the sweet 16.

Yes!!! Butler vs Pittsburgh but you can look up butler vs florida it's on KZfaq

And to me Butler's run in 2011 was more miraculous than 2010 because they did it without Hayward, who had turned pro along with the graduations of their two senior leaders Veasley and Jukes! So they weren't as deep either! But Butler was the definition of team basketball, which will always win u more games when it matters the most

@@bradlewis6514 shelvin Mack and Matt Howard were units they were so good. I love Matt Howard one of my favorites

I picked and bet Pitt to win it all that year. That loss crushed my soul.

@@cassidyerickson7408 and that's why I emphasized Butler as the definition of team! At that time they were the epitome of it! In 2011 it most definitely served them well due to their lack of quality depth they'd had in 2010

GrubWarp George Mason was pretty good too lol

Loyola is also a candidate

Yep the way they dominated a number 1 seed has never been done

There's one thing that will always separate VCU's remarkable run from all the rest! Of all the double digit seeds to have made it to the FF in the history of the tournament, the Rams r the only team to beat 4 consecutive Power 5 conference programs in getting there and their win in the Elite 8 over top seeded and #2 overall Kansas is the standard of all Elite 8 upsets to this day! That upset has no other regional final peer

Plus, that 2011 Kansas team is the best that Bill Self has had in his Div I coaching career which didn't win a championship! So that magnifies VCU's accomplishment further!

J. Krizzle check out mistachill on KZfaq. He has a ton of full games of VCU

Matthew saw FSU vs Xavier in Orlando. Xavier was up 13 or 15 at half. Fsu made their run from 15 minutes left till about 7 left. 7 or 8 trips fsu played great defense only to have xavier hit 5 or six 3s with shot clock under 3 or 4. It was unreal. Bluett was xaviers guy. He delivered. First ncaa tourney game ever saw. Gators got lucky with Virginia in 2nd game. Cavs got to rim at will in second half but nothing would fall. Next year saw Loyola win 2 games to go to final 4 in atlanta. Was best 800 dollars i spent to see 3 games. If u have never been to a ncaa tourney game get to one.

VCU just wouldnt miss in the 1st half..everything they put up went in...I doubt they played that well all season, yet they chose THIS game ....as a KU fan, when Smart went to Texas, I always said to myself whenever KU beat Texas "I would trade this win for a win in 2011"

to be fair, VCU wouldnt miss...it wasnt like their shots werent contested...and Selfs job was safe..you dont fire a NC winning coach for an upset loss...

Don't worry they posted the Norfolk state game to

@@rocketleaguelive1012 Yeah I watched that one too that game hurt

@@rhapsodyMK64 I know are teams are rivals but we have some upsetting tournament losses for not MU and KU. Watch them put coast to coast and Bradley or Bucknell next

@@rocketleaguelive1012 Yeah it kind of surprises me that with how many good players Kansas has had they haven't won the whole thing since 2008. I guess that just shows how tough it is. I also heard that Mizzou and Kansas are going to play each other again in the coming years. I am excited for that if that is true. Though we would probably get destroyed.

The best part was the collective arrogance of the Morris' twins, who couldn't face the fact that they had been thoroughly beaten! VCU earned that win! It wasn't handed to them on a silver platter! But the Morris' twins claimed it was! They couldn't handle their egos being bruised!

Never been a bigger took-it-4-granted outcome than that one! Plus VCU had been feeding off the energy from the pundits who threw them under the bus, saying they shouldn't have gotten a tournament bid! And they then threw that in everybody's face

? KU leads nation in NCAA Tournament wins since 2002. KU leads country with 14 STRAIGHT opening rd wins. Last 18 yrs? KU has... - 10 Elite8s - 5 Final Fours - 3 National Title game appearances - 1 National Title ( Just seems that "KU always chokes" cuz they are consistently ALWAYS in the NCAA Tournament as a FF favorite. KU hasn't had worse than #3seed since 2004. 31 straight NCAA Tournaments made.) * Kansas Jayhawks also would been #1overall seed in the canceled 2020 NCAA Tournament. (28-2) KU just beat #1Bay in Waco b4 it was canceled. KU beat that great Baylor team 2 out 3 games.

U mean the regional final of suffocation! Syracuse put on a defensive vice grip that has no Elite 8 equal! Marquette never had a chance to breathe in that game

That was a beatdown

Given Self’s coaching history, I think the only way they would have won a national championship that year was if they faced North Carolina who they played in the Elite 8 a year later.

Free throws just choking more and more as they what was about to happen with about 4minutes left THEY Knew it before anybody else

@@salvador754 2022 Natty helped "sooth" wounds fr this L. My WORST L as a 35yr Jayhawks fan

@@jasonpeters9716 that was a rough patch year before N. I owa ridiculed them kudos to KU upper management this woulda fired a lot of coaches

@@jasonpeters9716 ps. What u doing watching this pain again I'm with VCU fans who always wanna play this over greetings from Texas with Manning KU lived it's rare Cinderella moment in that Natty

We joked in military dorm with KU fans during game that ku had too many pros on team and their agent said they didn't need to play D in the NBA next year also that there weren't enough white players for free throws and outside jumpers

man.....that NC was KUs to win...handle VCU, and they probably steam roll Butler AND DUKE....that NC game was garbage to watch..the Hayward heave was the only exciting part....and then, we got another boring NC game the following season with Butler and UCONN

I felt like KU spent so much energy coming back they they just had nothing left at the end.....KU didnt have overly strong guard play on this team...I loved Reed and Morningstar, but with a pressing team like VCU, you need guards who can break down the D off the dribble..and neither of those guys could do that

@@carsonc29 Reed & Mornjngstar were HORRIBLE in this L. I agree. Our Guard play was pretty weak begin with

@@carsonc29 I meant Mario Little over Reed this gm

We had No business losing. Would be cakewalk FF 2011

@@jasonpeters9716That was the big difference between both teams. Of note, Markieff Morris had the most turnovers of any individual player in the tournament that year (8 of KU’s 14 turnovers).