UNC vs Kansas

 VS
Imagine how awkward this matchup must be for Roy Williams. The time that he spent at Kansas launched him into the upper echelon of college coaches. For all of the great seasons that he had there, he couldn’t get KU into the Final Four. He then takes over at North Carolina and immediately wins a title. The irony that his former team is [...]

UCLA vs Memphis

 VS
This is one of the more interesting matchups in the Final Four. I’m also very conflicted about it too. One the one hand, I have UCLA winning the National Championship in my office pool. On the other hand, being from Chicago I’m rooting for Derrick Rose. But as usual, I’m going to try and [...]

The Final Four

 

OK…I know that I said I was only going to blog on professional basketball, but after watching the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8 matchups this weekend, I figured what the heck…lets talk about the Final Four. I mean it is the end of the college basketball season, two of the players that I profiled (and predicted to [...]

Jerryd Bayless – Arizona

Point Guard/Shooting Guard
Of all the freshman that I’ve talked about so far, Jerryd Bayless is probably the one you know the least about. That being said, he might just be the best kept secret in college basketball. Part of the reason why you don’t know much about him is because he played on a sub-par University of [...]

Eric Gordon – Indiana

Shooting Guard
Being an Illini fan, it’s very hard for me to talk about Eric Gordon without getting a little upset. If you don’t know the back story I’ll just give you the short version. He gave a verbal commitment to play for the University of Illinois, stuck by that commitment up until the end, and then backed out [...]