Final Four Decided for NCAA March Madness 2011

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The four survivors of the college basketball national championship have been set.

The Final Four for men's college basketball have been decided as the Butler Bulldogs, the Connecticut Huskies, the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams, and the Kentucky Wildcats have all qualified for college basketball's final weekend.

Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas will host the Final Four this year with CBS providing television coverage of the games. The national semifinals will take place on Saturday, April 2nd with Butler facing Virginia Commonwealth in the first game.

That game is scheduled for a 6:09 ET start time and the second game will feature the Connecticut Huskies versus the Kentucky Wildcats, a game that will take place at 8:49pm ET.

The national championship will take place on Monday, April 4th and it will feature the two winners of the semifinals.

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