VCU is in the final four.  So is Butler.  Brackets are busted and people are pulling their hair out.

Meanwhile, the Selection Committee is smiling.  They got it right.  Again.

VCU, the team nobody thought should be in the tournament, has gone from First Four to Final Four.  And everybody wins.

The Selection Committee wins…again.  After all, they selected VCU over the likes of Colorado, Virginia Tech and Alabama.  ESPN dedicated an entire hour to bantering and bashing VCU after the selections were announced.  The Rams are Final Four-bound, and the committee clearly made the right choice in retrospect. 

In 2010, the committee put Duke in the South region, sending Syracuse out West in a highly controversial move.  Syracuse didn’t make it out of the sweet sixteen.  Duke won the national championship.

In 2009, the committee gave three Big East teams #1 seeds, dropping Memphis to a 2 seed.  The Tigers missed the elite eight, while UConn, as well as Villanova, made it to the Final Four, proving the Big East’s clout.

In 2006, George Mason was a bubble team that many thought shouldn’t have been in the tournament.  They made it to the Final Four.

The NCAA also wins.  The NCAA was criticized for expanding the bracket to allow three additional at-large teams.  In the first year of the new format, one of those teams is now in the Final Four.

Mid-majors win.  With Butler and VCU two wins away from a title, Mid-majors are going to get a recruiting boost, as well as a moral one.  Don’t forget about Butler in 2010, Davidson and Memphis in 2008, and George Mason in 2006. 

CBS wins.  The broadcast network will likely see its highest-watched Final Four ever with VCU and Butler, two of America’s heart-throbs, playing for a chance at a national title.  Monday’s game will draw a lot of eyeballs too, with people hoping for a Cinderella ending.