NPOY was on a #1 seed, COTY was a #2 seed, the reigning champions were a #1 seed, Drew Timme/Mark Few as a #3 seed, Izzo with Michigan St, and Calipari with Kentucky.
That isn't to say the teams within the Final Four didn't earn it, none of them really had a cupcake walk outside of I guess FAU. It's just, they make up an incredibly boring Final Four with nothing to really cheer for. If we quizzed people on these teams prior to the start of the tournament people wouldn't have been able to name the coach or a single player on the teams. Collectively there is only one team with any kind of real relevance in basketball.
It is what it is. It is like if the Brewers played the Mariners in the World Series. Nothing against those teams, but no one outside of those two locals would ever actually want that to happen.