It wasn’t much of a surprise for Villanova fans when the Wildcats landed the #1 Seed in the East Region on Selection Sunday. What was surprising were the rest of the teams that landed in their path. A lot of people, myself included, thought that at least one of UNC, Duke, Michigan, or Michigan State would stand in the way of a Final Four run. Instead, all of those teams were sent to either the Midwest or the West.
What Villanova got was a lot of teams that were really good this year, but not your traditional “blue bloods”.