University of Kentucky moves a step closer to the title after beating the University of North Carolina 76-69. Virginia Commonwealth University set a college basketball record after becoming the lowest seeded team to make a semi-final appearance.
The fourth-seeded Wildcats (29-8) advanced to play third-seeded Connecticut in the national semifinals Saturday in Houston. Virginia Commonwealth stunned the University of Kansas 71- 61 in the Southwest Regional final in San Antonio. VCU is the third No. 11 regional seed to make the Final Four, joining Louisiana State in 1986 and George Mason in 2006. The Rams will play Butler University, which won the Southeast Regional as a No. 8 seed, on April 2 in Houston. Kentucky, the fourth seed from the East, will play West Regional No. 3 seed University of Connecticutin the other semifinal for a spot in the April 4 championship game.
This is the 3rd in 33 years that a No. 1 regional seed has not made the Final Four.
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