My bracket had 3 for the 4 teams in the Final Four, not choosing Memphis - silly me!
After seeing the Tigers in this tournament they are more frightening than I thought - and I knew they were LOADED. I thought their usually mediocre to horrible free throw shooting would be their eventual down fall and it still could get them bounced in San Antonio. Powerful Memphis over methodical UCLA in a nail biter. Earlier in the season Texas beat UCLA in LaLaland and Davidson had them down by 18 before finally losing to the Bruins in Anaheim. Of course, the Tigers have only lost one game all year to Tennessee. Memphis wants to play up tempo, but even if UCLA mucks it up into their usual half court slug fest - I still favor Memphis.
I had Kansas winning it all at the start. Now I'm hedging a bit, only because any one of these four number one seeds could take the crown and deserve it big time. North Carolina is standing in the Jayhawks way and Roy Williams certainly knows Kansas. What the heck, Kansas hits their outside shots and mucks it up defensively against UNC on the inside just enough. Kansas survives in another Saturday squeaker and on to the final game. But then to have to face those hungry, pissed off, us against the world Memphis Tigers - YIKES!
On Monday evening the "One Shinning Moment" cut down those championship nets goes to Memphis over Kansas in OT.
