So, there's a game Monday night or something

Obviously by the lack of posts my excitement level about the Final Four is historically low. I know I hear that some people are more intrigued by having highly ranked teams in the Final Four but I find it really dull. Memphis running past UCLA was not surprising because UCLA has been by far the worst of the Final Four teams the last month or so. In fact, I thought they were the worst of all Elite Eight teams (and despite the fact that they rolled against Xavier I stand by that decision). I still have no idea what happened in the late game. It was about as entertaining a game can be that has a 28 point first half lead in which that team ends up winning by 18. I'm not sure what that means but I'm not convinced it's good.


So, now we have a Memphis-Kansas final. Am I excited? No, but I do plan on watching. I am fairly surprised that Memphis is favored (I think the last line I saw was -2.5) despite the fact that they have been playing pretty well and as well as they've played all year. But I would have to say that Kansas is the best team that Memphis has seen possibly this year and at least recently. I figure that the final will be decided by the guard play as the bigs on both teams, while good, are not the primary focus for either team. I really like Chris Douglas-Roberts and Derrick Rose is pretty good as long as he's not eating pounds of gummy bears but I like the depth of options Kansas has a bit more. While I would say I see it being a pretty good game the last two weeks of this tournament have been pretty horrible so a blowout one way or another wouldn't shock me. This tournament might be destined to end in a dud.

So, who do I think will win? Kansas by five or so. Who do I want to win? I'd have a hard time caring less. The only potential upside for having a lot of one seeds in the Final Four is great games and we haven't had that. So, this has been boring and bad.