The Final Game : A Champion will be Crowned

Tonight is the night.

Memphis vs. Kansas for the rights to call themselves the best college basketball team in the country.

My prediction : Memphis by a little less than 10.

Memphis is without question the best team in the nation. They lost one game all year and that game was a tough one to win. They were playing their historic rival, Tennessee in a 1 vs. 2 matchup that everybody was so eagerly anticipating. They were undefeated at that point and the pressure was simply too much to handle.

Now though, it is because of that loss that they will be the champions. They have felt what it is like to lose and will not let themselves feel that again.

Their road to the tonight’s game was by far the toughest road of all the one seeds. They had to face Texas, Michigan State, Mississippi State and UCLA in order to make it here and beat them all convincingly.

But more importantly than all of that, they have this man :



Derrick Rose has apparently been battling stomach illness since his last game against UCLA. I think that that was all a ploy for him to not have to speak to the media. He is in the best shape of his life and has been showing it the past few weeks. Rose will shine in his final game as a college athlete and will show the world why he is the single premier NBA prospect.

Kansas, however, is not going to let the Tigers run them over. They have one of the most complete teams I’ve ever seen play and that is no joke. Led by team veteran Brandon Rush, the Jayhawks can play with the best of them and they proved that in their slaughter of UNC on Saturday night. North Carolina was the hands down favorite in this tournament and were definitely that going into their game with Kansas.

The favorite doesn’t always win.

Mario Chalmers, Darrel Arthur and Cole Aldrich are also names to look out for tonight as you watch the game unfold.

Every sports fan will be huddled around their TV screens tonight along with millions of others who have no interest in sports. It’s March Madness’ culmination. All of the hype and all of the excitement all comes down to this one game.

Tip-off is coming and I’m going to be right there until the final minute.