The Final Four

If you had took odds on Duke being the one and only number one seed that would make it to the Final Four the odds would have been long indeed.

For me personally I have just one of my teams still in it, West Virginia. However, I find myself having no problem with any of the remaining reams winning except West Virginia. I surely find myself not wanting Bob Huggins to win. There is no question he is a very good coach, however his actions leaving Kansas St to go to West Virginia were less than honorable. Mostly however I do not think the track suit wardrobe should be rewarded. Do you think Bob could put on a suit.

Butler is a great story and actually might be the favorite against Michigan State. I can think of no greater ending than Butler winning this tournament. Could it happen, clearly based on their victories thus far it could. They have proven they can play with anyone.

Michigan State without their best player has now issued another demonstration of how GREAT their coach is. Tom Izzo may not be a name you think about when you think of great coaches like Coach K, Roy Williams, etc but clearly he needs to be. Michigan State has now made six of twelve Final Four. This is, in modern college basketball a huge achievement of consistency.

Duke is a team we always root for. We like to think Duke does things right, their teams are more cerebral and have a higher percentage of four year players. This is true. Over the last few years it has become the norm to cheer against Duke. What this means in our fans is hard to know. Is it because they are the antithesis of cool. No matter, for me this means that we want Duke to win. Coach K and his approach should be validated.

However, as a realist I expect West Virginia to win. It is not the outcome we want, bracket or not. I would rather not be right in this case.