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What Happened When a Controversial 11 Seed Faced 5 Future NBA Draft Picks for a Final Four Spot?

For more sports and random stuff, visit The Touchback: https://thetouchback.com When it comes to the NCAA Tournament, the 11 seed is sort of the unofficial cutoff for the Final Four. No team seeded lower has made it. Ironically, it has also produced more Final Four programs than the sixth seed which of course it lines up against in the first round. There have been five sides to have progressed all the way to the National Semifinals. In recent times, it has been done by UCLA and Loyola Chicago. In 1986, LSU charted the course. And there are the pair of Colonial Athletic Association schools VCU in the 2011 Big Dance and George Mason in 2006. The latter’s run was truly shocking as college basketball had become high major dominated with the Final Four usually heavy with top seeds. I mean, a pair of eight seeds made it in 2000 and an occasional six seed snuck into the Final Four but March Madness's final weekend was quite sane in the 20 years between LSU and George Mason’s 11 seed runs. Unlike LSU, however, the Patriots were seen as an interloper on proceedings. Their inclusion in the field of 64 drew a lot of scorn from major conferences who felt the CAA Regular Season champ wasn’t worthy. Then George Mason went out and beat Michigan State, North Carolina and Wichita State and all that talk died. In the Elite Eight, they faced a stacked UConn Huskies team. All five starters were selected in the 2006 NBA Draft. Rudy Gay and Hilton Armstrong were lottery picks. Marcus Williams and Josh Boone were taken with the 22nd and 23 picks in the first round. Denham Brown was selected with the 10th pick in the second round. Like us on Facebook:   / touchbackthe   About The Touchback #takeitouttothe25 The Touchback is the world’s best sports and culture website…or something like that. You’ll either really like it or really hate it. But it’s worth reading either way.