NCAA Final Four: Which Head Coach Will Lead His Team to a National Title?

The NCAA Final Four features two head coaches who have been around for a long time, while the other two are relatively new to the game.

When the Kentucky Wildcats take on the Connecticut Huskies, John Calipari will be making his third trip to the Final Four with his third different team. He previously led the Massachusetts Minutemen and Memphis Tigers to the Final Four, although both of those were vacated. He still has not won a national championship.

Jim Calhoun is looking for his third national championship with the huskies, having won already in 1999 and 2004. The 68-year-old coaching legend has done perhaps his finest coaching job ever this season, considering that many people predicted his Huskies to finish 10th best in the Big East.

Actually, people keep bringing up that point. They finished in ninth place this season, yet here they are anyway. I guess finishing ninth or 10th in the Big East really is not all that bad.

In the first matchup on Saturday, Brad Stevens is leading the Butler Bulldogs to their second consecutive Final Four. They lost by two points to the Duke Blue Devils in last year's title game This year, they are not just happy to be here, and they have done everything possible to make sure that this trip results in a championship.

They will face Shaka Smart, who has proved that the VCU Rams not only belonged in the 2011 NCAA Tournament, but that they play the role of underdog very well. His team is very heavy on upperclassmen, and it has clearly shown throughout each game.

When predicting the national champ for 2011, you have to first decide what is the most important factor. Is it coaching experience? If so, then go with Calhoun and the Huskies.

Is it the players' experience in the tournament? If that is the case, then go with Stevens and the Bulldogs.

If you love the 'one-and'done' aspect of college basketball and think that talented freshman are the most important, then take Calipari and the Wildcats.

If it means more to you to go with a young up and coming coach and some players who have been around for a while, then I would advise you to select Smart and the Rams.

If you feel that none of that matters in any way, shape or form, then just flip a coin three times until you eliminate three teams. You can't do any worse than everyone else in this year's brackets.

Truth be told, I am going with the team who has one the best coaches over the past decade as well as the top player remaining in the tournament. 

That would Calhoun, Kemba Walker and Connecticut. They will be cutting down the nets next Monday night.

For more on the big games this weekend, make sure to check out Bleacher Report Featured Columnist Tim Fontenault, who takes a look at the NCAA Tournament Final Four: Who Cuts Down the Nets in Houston on Monday?

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