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Animalman said:
In truth, I did think Michigan State was the better team(in that they're more experienced, and more skilled offensively), but after Pat Sparks' miracle, I was so sure Kentucky was the team of destiny. Didn't turn out that way.

I am really going to miss Chuck Hayes. Never the most talented guy on the floor, but always the one with the biggest heart. Right up there with Wayne Turner and Tony Delk on my all-time favorite 'Cats list.



All I ask is 2 questions...

1. Will commentators please take Coach K's penis out of their mouths? 3 years ago, Indiana, also from the Big Ten, beat Coach K's Dukies in the Sweet 16. Friday night, another Big Ten team, beats them again. Coach K is a great coach, but for all the greatness lauded on him, in the "new" college basketball (where players either skip college or leave quickly, K's got 1 title, as does Izzo and Boeheim and Williams).

2. Can the Big Ten please get some love? And I'm still sticking with my pick of Illinois. I said last November to watch out for Illinois and there's no reason to change that assessment today. Though I would be perfectly fine with Izzo cutting down the nets again. I like that guy. Weber...jury's still out, though I feel for him for the loss of his mother during the Big Ten Tourney. Even my youngest daughter was totally into the Spartans-Wildcats game last night. The second OT was killing her.

And while I've never been a big Pitino guy (having gone to Cincinnati, I've long hated Kentucky), taking his 3rd different team to a Final Four has to put him in the rarefied air of great coaches.

We all wear a green carnation.