From the “Talks Too Much Studios” here we go.
Kentucky’s Eloy Vargas, left and Kentucky’s Darius Miller reacts in the closing seconds of the second half of an NCAA tournament South Regional finals college basketball game against Baylor today in Atlanta. Kentucky won 82-70. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)Madness for sure
It’s been a crazy tournament that could well be remembered for any number of things. It could be the broken bone in Kendall Marshall’s wrist or the foul-fest that was Ohio State-Syracuse or the flameouts by No. 2 seeds Missouri (unexpected and killed our bracket) and Duke (somewhat expected and helped our bracket). It could be the impressive weapons of Kentucky or the overall impressiveness (would that be ‘impressive in its impressiveness’) of Thomas Robinson.
There are a slew of them – and who’s to say that the in-state Bluegrass Battle Royale of Louisville and UK in the Final Four won’t be the lasting image of this tournament. (Side note: This would be like Alabama-Auburn meeting in the BCS semifinals or the Yankees-Red Sox meeting in the ALCS. This has a chance to be the among the best non-championship game postseason showdowns ever. Granted US-USSR hockey sets the bar mighty high, but Cards-Cats could be special.)
Here’s what the 5-at-10 will take away from the first two weekends of this version of Madness: