Who will emerge to win a battle of bluebloods? 🤔 ByPatForde on the loaded men’s Final Four and the full-circle scenario that could play out for Coach K
In 2012, NOLA was the site for a Kentucky–Louisville rivalry semifinal grudge match similar to Heels–Devils, with Kansas and Ohio State meeting in the other semi. Anthony Davis was the ascendant star on that tourney.Who will win? The best path belonged to Kansas earlier in the tournament, and it still does now. The Midwest Region was loaded with frailty in the bottom half of the bracket: No. 2 seed Auburn was an underachiever away from home in the final weeks; No.
This is a major blow not just in terms of quality but quantity—Villanova simply doesn’t have enough players. Wright has been playing a six-man rotation, with nobody outside that six averaging even 10 minutes or two points per game. Wright is a masterful coach, but unless he can get something out of former five-star recruit Bryan Antoine it’s hard to see how ’Nova overcomes the loss of Moore.
So not only do the Jayhawks have the biggest advantage on Saturday night, they also stand to be in the best position for the following Monday. Because Duke–Carolina figures to be an epic clash, sucking up all the heat and light in the lead-up and requiring a major effort to win. Although North Carolina is the seeding outlier in this quartet, a No. 8 in with a No. 1 and two No. 2s, nobody on Earth considers the Tar Heels any kind of underdog. Their days of ugly losses came to an end in mid-February, and they’ve won 10 of 11 since then. Guards Caleb Love and RJ Davis have been great in the tournament, as has stretch four Brady Manek and bruising big man Armando Bacot.
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