Virginia Commonwealth University alumnus Chris Crowley leads the crowd in a cheer as the VCU men's basketball team departs the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to the NCAA Final Four tourney in Houston. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Virginia Commonwealth University alumnus James Carter carries his 6-year-old son, Thomas, on his shoulder while his wife, Enjoli, cheers as the crowd waits to watch the VCU men's basketball team depart from the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to Houston for the school's first appearance in an NCAA Final Four tournament. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Virginia Commonwealth University Rams guard Darius Theus makes his way to the team bus as the VCU men's basketball team departs the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to Houston for the school's first appearance in the NCAA Final Four. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Virginia Commonwealth University guard Brandon Rozzell makes his way to the team bus as the VCU men's basketball team departs the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to the school's first appearance in the NCAA Final Four tournament, which begins Saturday in Houston. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Virginia Commonwealth University Rams guard Ed Nixon makes his way to the team bus as the VCU men's basketball team departs the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to its first appearance in the NCAA Final Four. VCU plays Butler University on Saturday evening in Houston. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Virginia Commonwealth University cheerleader Maureen Ogando, 20, leads a cheer as the VCU men's basketball team departs the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to its first appearance in the NCAA Final Four, which kicks off on Saturday in Houston. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Virginia Commonwealth University Rams forward David Hinton makes his way to the team bus as the VCU men's basketball team departs the campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to its first appearance in the NCAA Final Four, which will take place in Houston. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Souvenir T-shirts celebrate the Virginia Commonwealth University men's basketball team's appearance in the NCAA Final Four on the VCU campus in Richmond on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
San Francisco Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez (21) tags out Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui as Matsui tried to steal second base during the second inning of a spring training baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
