Two weeks after Selection Sunday we’ve witnessed four rounds of the most exciting postseason in sports, and we now know who’ll be making the trip to Detroit for the Final Four.Finally. The anticipation was killing me.CONNECTICUTThe Huskies have proven to all their critics and haters their No. 1 seed in this year’s tournament was well deserved.They’ve won a game without coach Jim Calhoun and avoided letting off-court scandals diminish the on-court production en route to the school’s third-ever Final Four.There were concerns about Connecticut’s resiliency before the tournament because of a mediocre record since losing junior guard Jerome Dyson, but the Huskies have turned their swag on at just the right time.A dominant post tandem in Tanzanian-born junior center Hasheem Thabeet and senior forward Jeff Adrien coupled with the ability to match just about any style of play may make Connecticut the team to beat.Sure, Thabeet often times looks to have minimal skills, but when you’re 7’3″ and can swat balls for miles, it doesn’t matter how well you can dribble or shoot.VILLANOVAIn quite possibly the most exciting game this past weekend, Villanova junior guard Scottie Reynolds made a layup with less than one second on the game clock to send the Wildcats to their fourth-ever Final Four.The Wildcats have surprised many during the tourney and gotten coach Jay Wright to his first career Final Four.They’ve beaten perennial powerhouses Duke and UCLA and used the aforementioned Reynolds layup to knock off No. 1 seed Pittsburgh.   If Villanova can continue to get consistent play from Reynolds and senior forward Dante Cunningham, they could shock the world on April 6.  And if they can’t, maybe Wildcat fans can take solace in the fact that Wright is the best-dressed coach in the NCAA.MICHIGAN STATEThis team is perhaps the least likely of the Final Four participants.No one expected the Spartans to be here after the tournament field was announced — at least not on any brackets I’ve seen.Nearly everyone expected Louisville or Kansas to emerge from the Midwest region despite Michigan State’s tournament history.But the Spartans fended off a pesky USC squad in the second round, the defending national champion Jayhawks in the Sweet 16 and beat No. 1-overall seed Louisville to advance to the school’s seventh Final Four.Michigan State coach Tom Izzo is tournament tested, and his boys will definitely be a tough obstacle in the tournament thanks to their Big Ten style of stifling defense and rebounding prowess.They can also feed off a potentially pro-Spartan crowd since Ford Field in Detroit is roughly an hour and a half away from East Lansing.NORTH CAROLINAThe Tar Heels are the best team still standing.Senior forward Tyler Hansbrough has won just about every award conceivable except for a national title, and this may well be the year.Junior guard Ty Lawson appears to back at 100 percent, which is a great advantage for this team.He was the second-leading scorer in the regular season behind Psycho T, and he’s played exceedingly well in his tournament appearances.
The Tar Heels have not had any problems all tournament, and it’ll probably continue in the Final Four.The other teams are good, but I said it a fortnight ago and I’ll say it again, “This team will win the national title.” 
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