He has no local ties to VCU (his ties are to Wisconsin and Ohio).
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Knowledgeable people do not pick VCU to make it to the final four, or Lehigh to beat Duke.
"If anything, the outcomes here are better, " says VCU cardiology chief George Vetrovec.
When Reddic added a free throw with 12:05 to play, it was 60-40 and VCU cruised to the finish.
Both teams advanced Saturday in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, with Michigan beating VCU and Michigan State downing Memphis.
Last year, the Shockers lost their first game of the tournament to a VCU team coming off of a 2011 Final Four appearance.
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Randolph Barker, lead study author and professor of management at the VCU School of Business, said dogs can make a positive difference in the workplace.
Butler made the national championship game in 2010 and 2011, and the Bulldogs were joined by that VCU team in the Final Four two years ago.
"Looking at the bracket, it's easy to see what everyone has been talking about all year: how deep this league is, " said second-seeded VCU's coach, Shaka Smart.
No doubt, Butler and VCU have much lesser budgets, in large part because neither school has a big-time football program, which is where the REAL money is made.
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It was the most lopsided victory in NCAA tournament history for a team seeded third or worse, breaking a mark set about an hour earlier by VCU against Akron.
But if, say, A-10 newcomers Butler and VCU are reprising their historic 2011 NCAA semifinal in Sunday's title game, the here and now of the basketball will overshadow all that.
The Spartans and rival Michigan, which routed VCU earlier in the day in the same sold-out arena near their campuses, are in the same round of 16 for the first time.
Treveon Graham added 15 points and Juvonte Reddic 11 for VCU (18-5, 6-2 Atlantic 10 Conference), which led by only eight until Daniels' jumper started the burst with 16:20 to play.
The UCLA coaching search threw up a few air-balls earlier this week, with failed overtures to Shaka Smart (VCU) and Brad Stevens (Butler) before scoring their man in Steve Alford (New Mexico).
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Wichita State is just the fifth team seeded ninth or higher to reach the Final Four since seeding began in 1979, but the second in three years following 11th-seeded VCU's improbable run in 2011.
Darius Theus' 3-pointer broke the tie, and Graham hit two right behind him, a quick 9-0 burst that also featured four consecutive turnovers by Fordham and seemingly put VCU on the brink of control.
Fair added 13 to help Syracuse earn the most lopsided victory in NCAA tournament history for a team seeded third or lower, breaking a mark set about an hour earlier by fifth-seeded VCU against Akron.
The 50-year-old Marshall is in his sixth season at Wichita State, but he fits in well with the up-and-coming coaches who made their reputations through unlikely tournament success such as Butler's Brad Stevens or VCU's Shaka Smart.
The upsets included some big surprises: No. 11 Marquette over No. 3 Syracuse (2011), No. 11 VCU beating No. 3 Purdue (2011), No. 10 Florida State over No. 2 Notre Dame (2011) and No. 11 North Carolina State toppling No. 3 Georgetown (2012).
But the visiting Rams, who opened the second half with four consecutive turnovers, gave it away three more times during VCU's game-changing burst, and only a 3-pointer by Smith interrupted Daniels' showcase, which included 3-pointers from very deep on the left wing, the left corner and then the right corner.
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