FINAL FOUR PREVIEW!!!!!! written by Ronald Carthen

I can't wait to see this unpredictable Final Four in the house that Peyton Manning built.

None of us would of never guessed these four teams would meet this weekend.

This tournament will feature two of the best coaches and basketball programs, another coach taking his alma mater to only their second Final Four, and a hometown team (with a 24-game winning streak) to shock the world and start an amazing party in Indianapolis.

With the way this tournament has gone, anybody can win the championship on Monday. Check out my picks for this weekend's Final Four and let the games begin.

TOM IZZO and MICHIGAN STATE will do enough to beat BUTLER!!!!!

Where would this team be without that three-point buzzer beater from Korie Lucious against Maryland in the 2nd round?

Tom Izzo has lead the Spartans to their sixth Final Four appearance in the last 12 years. If anybody knows what it takes to get his team ready for the Big Dance it's this man. Out of those six appearances, coach Izzo has only won one championship. I know he would love to add another title to his name. By the way, the Spartans won the 2000 championship in Indianapolis, where they are 7-0 all-time in the tournament.

Kalin Lucas is out for the rest of this tournament with an Achilles injury, but that doesn't mean this team will not have a player who is built for this tournament like Coach Izzo. Durrell Summers has been lights out in this tournament. The Spartans guard has averaged 20.0 points, shooting 55.6% from the field, and 53.3% from the three-point line. I know Butler's defense is amazing, but how can you shut down this junior with tournament experience.

Spartan Forwards Raymar Morgan (averaging 12.0 ppg and 6.5 rpg) and Draymond Green (Big Ten's Sixth Man of the Year who averages 8.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg, and 3.5 assists) will have to continue to help this team do well against the glass. The Spartans was first in the Big Ten with 42.4 rebounds a game this season. The Spartans are 25-3 when they outrebound a team and only 3-4 when they don't this season.

33-year old coach Brad Stevens is taking the Butler Bulldogs to their first tournament in school history. The Bulldogs will be playing five miles from their campus. If you think this team is a cinderella team think again. They are on a 24-game winning streak and haven't lost a game since losing to UAB on December 22nd, 2009.

The Bulldogs defense has not allowed a team to reach 60 points in this tournament, that's including against Syracuse and Kansas State. They have allowed only 59.6 ppg in the tourney.

Horizon League player of the year Gordan Hayward (averages 16.0 ppg and 6.2 rpg) will be a big threat in the post. Just ask Kansas State when he scored 22 points and eight rebounds last week. He's going to have to be a force in the paint in order for this team to win.

Sophmore guard Shelvin Mack (tourney-team leader with 16.5 ppg) will have to continue make big baskets from three-point range. Shelvin is averaging 46.4% from the three-point line in the tourney.

Ronald Norel (Horizon co-defensive player of the year) and Willie Veasley will be a huge on the defensive end. Let's see if Korie Luscious and Durrell Summers will get there points while this team will find a way to make life miserable for the Spartans.

COACH K will take out HUGGY BEAR!!!!!

This will be Mike Krzyzewski's 11th Final Four with the Blue Devils and their first apperance since 2004. This year will be Duke's best chance to win this tourney as the only number one seed left in this tourney. The last team that was the only number one seed to win a championship in the Final Four was Michigan State in 2000.

The Big 3 S's have made a huge impact for the Blue Devils this season. Nolan Smith (averaging 18.5 ppg, 46.2% from the three-point line, and shot a career-high 29 points last week against Baylor), Kyle Singler (17.0 ppg and shooting 36.4% from the 3-pt line), and Jon Scheyer (14.5 ppg and shooting 34.5% from the three-point line) have been great for this squad. I don't know if there's any point guard playing any better than Nolan Smith in this tournament.

For once the Blue Devils have big men to shut down the paint on defense. Brian Zoubek and Lance Thomas will be doing all the dirty work as far as taking charges and defending the paint.

If you think you'll get a three-point basket on this team forget it. The Blue Devils opponents shoot only 27.8% from beyond the arc.

Bob Huggins is taking his alma mater, West Virginia Moutaineers, to their first Final Four since 1959.

Da'Sean Butler (17.2 ppg, 39.1% from the 3-pt line) has hit six game-winning shots this season. If there is anyone that you can depend in a close game in the clutch, it's definetly Da'Sean. I think he better find to get in the paint and get some layups and avoid any three-point attempts against the Duke perimeter D.

Joe Mazzulla filled in for injured starting point guard Darryl Bryant very well last week against the Kentucky Wildcats. He scored 17 points to take this team to Indianapolis. He will have to be more aggressive against Nolan Smith.

Kevin Jones (15.2 ppg and 8.2 rpg) and Devin Ebanks (13.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg) will have to play well against the Blue Devil big men.

TOM IZZO will get his 2ND CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!

I think when it's all set and done I think coach Izzo will have players with the experience that learned there lesson from last season. They will take care of Coach K and they will shut down the Blue Devils and coach Izzo will cut down the nets to win the National Championship.