Sully's Court

Some Final Two thoughts:

It was early in January when I finally changed my mind. I had been attached to Georgetown as the team I thought would win the national championship. In the Jan. 7 version of this blog, I switched to Memphis. Nothing has happened since to change my mind. In fact, I can't get that first half against Michigan State out of my mind. Memphis is the best team. Coach Cal's team has great guards with Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts and rugged inside play from Joey Dorsey. As Bob Ryan told everyone in the Globe today, a defensive stopper too in Antonio Anderson.

Kansas looked awesome at times in beating North Carolina but it also had that down period when it was outscored by 24 points. The Jayhawks can't have any letdowns like that tonight. The Kansas guards are the best defenders in college basketball. It will be interesting to see how they do against Rose and Douglas-Roberts. What they did against North Carolina, they would have to do against Memphis. If they can contain Memphis' big two, they have a chance. I don't think it will happen.

Another great college basketball story by Pete Thamel of the New York Times about an anonymous person who influenced where players go to college. Yes, he's a good friend of John Calipari.

On the other hand, John Feinstein of the Washington Post defends Memphis and Calipari. Love the joke about the 2008 Final Four T shirts, UCLA, North Carolina, Kansas, Vacated.

John Canzano of the Oregonian, one of the best columnists in the nation gives a good rundown of the botched search for a new coach at Oregon State.