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2011: VCU goes from First Four to the Final Four

The bracket expanded to 68 teams for the 2011 tournament, and the new format resulted in four first-round games to get the tournament under way. Any thought that these games weren't really part of the tournament quickly lost credibility when Virginia Commonwealth downed USC, Purdue, Georgetown, Florida State and top-seeded Kansas to make it to the Final Four in Houston.

Scott K. Brown

The bracket expanded to 68 teams for the 2011 tournament, and the new format resulted in four first-round games to get the tournament under way. Any thought that these games weren't really part of the tournament quickly lost credibility when Virginia Commonwealth downed USC, Purdue, Georgetown, Florida State and top-seeded Kansas to make it to the Final Four in Houston.