1) The team with the most individual talent does not always win the national championship. In fact, in recent Tournament history, it only seems to happen about half the time. North Carolina won in ’05 with Sean May, Ray Felton, and Rashad McCants. The Huskies won in ’04, led by Emeka Okafor […]
Despite two relatively lackluster semifinal games, the battle for the 2007 NCAA Championship has the potential to be an epic. The experience-laden Gators look to claim their second straight national title against a young but explosive Buckeye squad.
Semifinal Supremacy:
Ohio State kept Georgetown out of synch in its offensive sets all night long, making Jeff […]
Starting Five:
G – Taurean Green (13.3 ppg, 3.6 apg)
G – Lee Humphrey (10.1 ppg, 46% 3P%)
F – Corey Brewer (13.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.9 spg)
F/C – Al Horford (13.2 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.9 bpg)
F/C – Joakim Noah (12.2 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1.8 bpg)
Key Bench Players:
Chris Richard (5.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg), Walter Hodge […]
Starting Five:
G – Jonathan Wallace (11.2 ppg, 49% 3P%)
G – Jessie Sapp (9.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.4 apg)
F – DaJuan Summers (9.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg)
F – Jeff Green (14.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 3.2 apg)
C – Roy Hibbert (12.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.5 bpg)
Key Bench Players:
Patrick Ewing, Jr. (4.2 ppg, 55% FG%), Vernon […]
Starting Five:
G – Mike Conley, Jr. (11.0 ppg, 6.1 apg, 2.2 spg)
G – Ron Lewis (12.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg)
G – Jamar Butler (8.6 ppg, 3.7 apg)
F – Ivan Harris (7.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg)
C – Greg Oden (15.4 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 3.3 bpg)
Key Bench Players:
Daequan Cook (10.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 42% 3P%), Othello […]
Starting Five:
G – Darren Collison (12.8 ppg, 5.7 apg, 2.3 spg)
G – Arron Afflalo (16.9 ppg, 2.0 apg)
G/F – Josh Shipp (13.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.6 apg)
F – Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (8.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg)
C – Lorenzo Mata (6.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg)
Key Bench Players:
Alfred Aboya (4.2 rpg), Michael Roll (36% […]
The 2007 Final Four is set. Florida, UCLA, Georgetown, and Ohio State combine for the lowest cumulative seed count (6) since 1993, when three #1’s and a #2 made it to the third weekend. It’s a fitting cap for a Tournament in which so many outcomes went to the favorites.
If this year’s opening […]
EAST
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 5 USC
Of Note:
Almost everyone figured Texas would cakewalk into this matchup with the Tar Heels (I wasn’t among them, having seen the Trojans on several occasions this year). But Tim Floyd’s crew crashed the party, thanks to a superb defensive effort against D.J. Augustin in a second-round rout […]
SOUTH
No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Tennessee
Of Note:
Casual fans probably won’t remember that Tennessee played Ohio State quite closely on January 13, losing 68-66 on (surprise, surprise) a Ron Lewis three-pointer at the end of regulation. That’s the same Buckeye who hit the game-tying three against Xavier over the weekend, for those keeping score […]
Brackets Busted by…Favorites?
I don’t know about you, but my 2007 NCAA bracket is just about busted. All four of my Final Four teams (Florida, UCLA, North Carolina, and Texas A&M) are still alive, but the one I thought was the safest pick (UCLA) actually looked the shakiest in the first two rounds. My […]
