# Vcu wow **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 27, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180 "2011-03-27T20:48:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/1 "2011-03-27T20:48:53Z")
Wow ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/2 "2011-03-27T20:52:14Z")
All the upsets have made the final weekend irrelevant for my office’s bracket competition ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/3 "2011-03-27T20:57:12Z")
All the upsets have saved me. If kentucky wins I will have 1 of the final four picks, not a lot of people can even say that. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/4 "2011-03-27T21:01:29Z")
Go Bulldogs! The road just got a lot brighter for Butler. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/5 "2011-03-27T21:05:14Z")
Either VCU or Butler will be in the championship game. In fact, I think you could make the argument that right now Butler has the best chances to win the whole thing, since Kentucky/UNC/UConn have to play each other in the other final four game. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/6 "2011-03-27T21:10:06Z")
This will be the 1st modern Final Four with 2 “mid-majors”. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/7 "2011-03-27T22:24:57Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > This will be the 1st modern Final Four with 2 “mid-majors”. What is the modern final four? Because 1979 had Penn and Indiana St. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/8 "2011-03-27T23:09:37Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > What is the modern final four? Because 1979 had Penn and Indiana St. DUH!!! I was dating from 1970 (expanded to 32) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/9 "2011-03-28T00:03:35Z")
2 people on ESPN have the correct Final Four. That seems high… ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/10 "2011-03-28T00:07:11Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DUH!!! I was dating from 1970 (expanded to 32) 1979 is _after_ 1970… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/11 "2011-03-28T00:12:57Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > 1979 is _after_ 1970… That’s why I said,“DUH!!!” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/12 "2011-03-28T00:18:52Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > 2 people on ESPN have the correct Final Four. That seems high… Well, that’s out of about six million entries. And you know there are people out there that went to school at VCU, and their wife went to Butler. Or they went to grad school at Butler. Or they threw darts at a board. I mean, two out of six million. That sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/13 "2011-03-28T00:27:06Z")
Plus, there were some special things about those two teams that might make them popular picks. Butler made the championship game last year, and VCU was a big topic of discussion since they were in one of the play-in games. I bet that they both got more picks than average for 8 & 11 seeds. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/14 "2011-03-28T00:41:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > That’s why I said,“DUH!!!” :rolleyes: Why the snarky rolleyes? “DUH!!!” reads as if you’re saying that to Gangster Octopus, not yourself. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/15 "2011-03-28T01:24:11Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > Plus, there were some special things about those two teams that might make them popular picks. Butler made the championship game last year, and VCU was a big topic of discussion since they were in one of the play-in games. I bet that they both got more picks than average for 8 & 11 seeds. Not only that, but the way ESPN had it set up, you were picking VCU AND USC. So some people with VCU past the first round probably thought they would be betting on USC in that spot! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/16 "2011-03-28T01:42:53Z")
Win it for all the little schools that never had a chance to be here! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/17 "2011-03-28T02:06:33Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Why the snarky rolleyes? “DUH!!!” reads as if you’re saying that to Gangster Octopus, not yourself. Sorry John, I thought it was obvious I was referring to my mistake of forgetting the '79 FF. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/18 "2011-03-28T16:51:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Sorry John, I thought it was obvious I was referring to my mistake of forgetting the '79 FF. My bad. Well, if it helps, when I first read it I did take it either way, I was more confused than anything. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/19 "2011-03-28T17:38:43Z")
And who’s John? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180/20 "2011-03-28T17:43:34Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > And who’s John? John Munch of L&O:SVU 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vcu-wow/576180.md?page=2)