Congratulations to the University of North Carolina Men's Basketball team on a fine season, as they brought home the title last night in convincing fashion.
The more I think about it I should have picked UNC to win it all, but I wanted to stick with my prediction of UConn before the year got underway. I went with UConn because they had, arguably, the best big man in Hasheem Thabeet to go along with two really good forward in Jeff Adrien and Stanley Robinson. Their guards weren't too shabby either. A.J. Price and Jerome Dyson were great. When Dyson went down for the year against Syracuse, that really hurt them in the depth department.
How 'bout them Badgers? They did what no one thought they would do when they beat FSU in the tourney. FSU had all the advantages, except for coaching. I would put Bo Ryan against any of the coaches in the nation. The man is a great coach. The Wisconsin Badgers had an up and down season but somehow fought themselves into the tourney where they got a W.
The Maryland Terrapins had an inconsistent year again. They made it into the Big Dance as a 10 seed and played well against the #7 California team in the first round. In the second round, they were completely overmatched against Memphis.
The Syracuse Orange had a good year going until they hit the brunt of the murderous Big East schedule with which, they struggled. They were able to get hot at the right time and get some key victories when they needed to, including that 6 OT thriller that everyone saw in the Big East tournament against UConn. They went in as a 3 seed, but fell to Blake Griffin and Oklahoma in the Sweet 16. It'll be interesting to see what happens with what Jonny Flynn decides to do with his future.
Overall, it was another great year of College Basketball. To be honest, however, I was a little disappointed in the excitement of this year's Big Dance. There weren't many really major upsets, outside of Cleveland State showing Wake Forest the door, but even there there wasn't that much drama required. If you want to call #12 Arizona beating #5 Utah in the first round an upset, god bless ya.
Let's hope the 2010 tourney brings a whole mess of drama to unfold before us.
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