SAN ANTONIO -- Jamie Skeen led the way with 26 points and nine rebounds as No. 11 seed Virginia Commonwealth reached its first Final Four in school history by shocking top-seeded Kansas, 71-61, in the Southwest regional final on Sunday.

Brandon Rozzell scored all 12 of his points in the first half as the Rams jumped out to a big lead and held off the mighty Jayhawks. VCU (28-11), which had to play in an opening round game just to make the field of 64, joins Butler as a second mid-major team to reach the Final Four.

Kansas’ loss ensures that no No. 1 seeds will make it to Houston.

The Rams dominated the first half, taking a 41-27 edge into the break and leading by as much as 18 points along the way. The Jayhawks turned it over nine times - six by Markieff Morris - and had trouble defending the perimeter, where VCU knocked down 9 of 17 in the opening period.

Kansas (35-3) made a move to get back into it out of the locker room, opening the second half with an 12-2 spurt to cut it to 43-29. The Jayhawks would draw as close as 46-44 but never managed to regain the lead as Skeen led a 9-2 burst over the next three minutes.

The backbreakers came when Joey Rodriguez buried a 3-pointer with 4:58 left to push it back to an eight-point edge, and Branford Burgess hit another from beyond the arc just over a minute later to stretch it to 63-54 with 3:51 to play.

Marcus Morris led Kansas with 20 points and 16 rebounds.