Talkin’ Titles

Tomorrow night the Memphis Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks will dance in the Big Dance Finale, as in the National Championship game.

I haven’t captured the gist of what most sports fans are saying, but I’m actually excited for the title game this year, unlike the past few seasons. Actually, since the last time Kansas was in against Syracuse (resulted in a loss). I did manage to enjoy the 2004 title game between UConn and Georgia Tech, but that was only because I was excited to see Emeka Okafor, one of my favorite all time college players, dominate.

Kansas bottled in 50 points in the paint last night. A lot of shots off the glass, a lot coming from a couple of alley oops. On the other hand, Memphis kept UCLA’s offense at bay (no surprise, though, is it: UCLA’s O has been tremendously bad (oxymoron) the whole tournament, and by the end of the day had forced Kevin Love to sit on his rear end after a arena-rocking jam following a kick ass, player-cutting bounce pass to the basket.

My pick: I have Memphis winning it all. Reason being their strength. They have big guards that should be able to put the clamps down on the likes of Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers and Sasha Kaun. I’m fairly confident that Kansas isn’t going to repeat a 50-points-in-the-paint game. If it happens, I’ll buy all of my readers and commenters on here the most expensive steak in the world for dinner one day this year. Promise. But it’s ONLY if Kansas gets 50 points in the paint; none under, no higher (saving myself on this self-made bet).

Here’s some links I like:

– This guy is arrogant and wants to gloat. But I can’t blame him. He, like thousands (out of 6 million) of other Americans who predicted a Memphis and Kansas national title game, deserve to point out that they picked the game right. But now, can they (or he?) pick THE game right, as in the winner?

– This guy couldn’t have written a more brief post could he? Betcha’ I can beat that. “The NCAA Mens B-Ball title game will be between the KS J-Hawks and the Memphis Tigs.” Probably could have went with the “Mem,” but it’s all the same. Seriously, though, the guy’s got a good blog. From what I’ve seen there’s a lot of hockey, and that’s not my thing, but it’s still enthralling. Check it out. And check out that short post, especially if you can’t remember much very well, because you don’t have to take in too much of it. Wink wink.

– This Kansas cat (maybe ‘cat’ isn’t the necessary word here) offers his thoughts on Roy and karma. He may not mention karma, but he sure does portend it in a way that he was gleefully ecstatic about last night’s win over Roy’s Boys. This guy’s pretty cool, because, y’know, unlike what I am sometimes, he’s not a hater. Check it out.

~ by The Inquisitor on April 6, 2008.