Sunday, March 25, 2007

Kevin's Blog: Final Four Set

Thank goodness I'm not a meteorologist. If I was,I would have been fired years ago. Predictions. Forget it. My Doppler sports radar officially broke down three years ago when I said the Yankees would sweep the Red Sox in the ALCS. Four Red Sox wins later I felt like we got a blizzard when I called for a sunny day.

But there is a little sunshine in my world tonight. I actually picked three of the four teams in the Final Four. But I wouldn't exactly say I went out on a limb. I have Florida repeating as National Champs. Boy, that's bold. They only returned the entire team.

I thought UCLA would also make it. Right again. No, this wasn't as obvious as the 10 teams in 12 years that Coach Wooden won titles with, but George Mason they are not. UCLA is a two seed. They play great defense under Ben Howland. And they returned most of their team from a squad that lost in the National Championship game last year.

I also picked Georgetown. That's my Big East bias showing. But the Hoya's backed it up with a gutty comeback Sunday. But again, is Georgetown a bold pick? Of course not. With two lottery picks in Roy Hibbert and Jeff Green, they should be in the Final Four. The one school in the Final Four that I missed is Ohio State. I had Memphis winning. I should have known better than to put John Calipari back in a Final Four. His last one at UMass is wiped out of the books anyway, isn't it?

I have Florida winning the tournament. I covered Billy Donovan when he was hired as a 28 year old Head Coach at Marshall. And Billy's grandparents and my grandparents were best friends on Long Island. So I would like to see Billy the Kid repeat. But now that I've picked the Gators, take your picks elsewhere. If I'm forecasting blue skies in the Sunshine State, bank on a Nor'easter that goes through Columbus or Washington D.C. And with that last prediction, take UCLA.

Posted at 9:48 PM by kevin

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