For the first time in the entire history of the NCAA the tournament, the Final Four will include no one, two, or three seeds.

The 4th seeded Uconn Huskies are the lowest seeded team, followed by two 5’s in Miami and SDSU, with 9th Seeded FAU playing cinderella. Coming into the big dance, college basketball fans knew there was plenty of parity, and not much dominance, however no one could have predicted madness to this degree.

FAU was 1 point away from going down in Round 1 to Memphis, but have not looked back after escaping their 8-9 matchup.

Miami trailed 12th seeded Drake at halftime of their first game, and SDSU was on the ropes until late in their opening round game against Charleston. While Uconn has won each of their games by double digits, they too trailed at halftime vs Iona and again vs St. Mary’s. A wild and unpredictable couple of weeks to say the least, and the excitement will continue on Saturday night.

In a matchup that would be better suited for the NCAA surf championships, the Owls of Florida Atlantic will travel from Boca Raton to Houston to make their first Final 4 appearance in school history. Head Coach Dusty Maye is imploring his team to not celebrate their accomplishments yet, as he likes the three loss Owls chances to go all the way. After the way they handled KState down the stretch in the Elite 8, how can you blame him? Jerome Tang said it was the best team his Wildcats have seen all year, and they clearly aren't afraid of anyone.

Not many gave SDSU a chance against a hot Creighton team on Saturday, but much like in their win against Bama, they were completely unphased by a first half deficit.

Time and time again, this team comes up big down the stretch, and they do so behind unbelievable defense, rebounding, and clutch shot making. One free throw was enough to send Creighton packing after a questionable foul call at the horn on Saturday afternoon.

The first game Saturday night will be a tale of two styles, which always makes for the most exciting games. Which team will be able to enforce their will and inflict their style of play on the game. SDSU wants to slow it down, play in the halfcourt, and bang down low. Contrastly, the Owls want to run and gun three pointers, and utilize their immense shooting ability. That said, we saw this team beat Tennessee at their own game in the round of 16, only to impose their own style in the win over KSU. The Aztecs won’t be able to run with this team, but they certainly have the strength advantage in the post. Their bigger guards and powerful forwards will look to run deliberate offensive sets, and capitalize on second chance points. Two schools that are accustomed to spending their free time on beautiful beaches will head to Houston for an electric matchup despite what the seeding might say. They have clearly been the two best teams in their respective regions, and both have a National Championship right within their grasp.

The other side of the bracket features another beachfront school, the University of Miami.

The Canes stormed back Sunday evening to take down heavily favored Texas, after looking overmatched through 2/3rds of the ballgame. The tables completely turned towards the U, on the back of Jordan Miller, and they never looked back. Behind some incredible free throw shooting, from Miller in particular, and great play out in the fastbreak, Miami ended up winning comfortably to book their spot in Houston. It was an incredibly impressive weekend of basketball from Jim Larranaga’s group, who manhandled the top seeded Cougars on Friday, rolling to a convincing double digit W. After such hot shooting, not many gave them a chance to take out two squads with their eyes on home court advantage in the final four, but that is exactly what they did. With the coaching and guard play this team comes at you with, they are built perfectly for this tournament and will be a handful for Connecticut on Saturday night.

If there is a team that deal with a handful, it's the Huskies who have yet to be truly tested in this tournament.

Danny Hurley’s team has been on cruise control, playing freely through a dominant Sanogo in the post, with elite wings and shooting on the outside. It is a roster built to resemble an NBA team, and they have looked liked one, particularly against Arkansas and Gonzaga. The Razorbacks and Zags were two teams peaking before Uconn slammed their doors shut, in two games that were all but over by halftime. The best punch UCONN has taken was from Rick Pitino, which will make for a nice story line going into Big East play next year. As for this year, it doesn’t seem like anyone has the goods to hang with this group. They do everything well, and are a matchup nightmare for Miami, not that the Canes are alone in that category. Maybe the Canes can hang in the backcourt and run with UCONN, but it is hard to see them being able to match up inside, and rebound with this team.

This contest should be a shootout, and it will likely take a red hot shooting performance from the U, and a cold night from UCONN for the Canes to keep dancing. Connecticut will want to run and gun as well, but it would be to their advantage to slow this one down and play through their dominant center Sanogo. While the Huskies are the heavy favorites at this point to cut down the nets, we have clearly seen how little that matters during this crazy beautiful tournament.

I will certainly have more thoughts on these two games as the week progresses, along with a pick for each to finish out this wild season on a high note.