I’m not sure if these games were indicative of what Dr. James Naismith had in mind when he created the game of basketball. However, they did provide lots of drama. Wichita St showed they belonged even in defeat and Louisville showed why at end, they were the consensus favorite to win the title. Michigan nearly blew their game and fortunately for them Syracuse couldn’t take it away.
If the Final Four is supposed to represent college basketball at its highest level, we’re in trouble. Hopefully the championship game on Monday will be better. Either way your tweets were awesome as always and here are some of the best.
We clearly know you’ve been there now.
Value-tititty is a word most commonly heard inside Magic City or the Pink Pony. Guess we know where Kellogg has been hanging in Atlanta.
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) April 6, 2013
They’re terrible.
Did the NCAA hire the NFL's replacement refs?
— mike freeman (@realfreemancbs) April 7, 2013
Everybody would get canned.
I honestly can't image the outrage if NBA officials were this bad. NBA crews may miss some calls, but this is horrendous.
— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) April 7, 2013
How did you know?
Yeah, you had Luke Hancock scoring 19 in the national semifinal.
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) April 7, 2013
He’s a bad man.
I might make fun of his name, but Cleanthony playing some grown man ball.Keeping WSU in the game
— Robert Littal (@BlkSportsOnline) April 7, 2013
I got five on it.
If Louisville holds on to win, I will pay someone to write a game story using only quotes from the Will Smith movie Hancock.
— Dan Levy (@DanLevyThinks) April 7, 2013
Tough break.
This one would be a lot easier to swallow if Southerland or Fair got the last shot. Even if James missed to go 2-for-10, I'd accept it
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) April 7, 2013
That would work if it were 2001.
If a movie were made about Kevin Ware, he says Omar Epps would be 1 of the favorites to play him
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) April 6, 2013
You might be right.
Burke and FGCU have been the only fun parts of this tourney.
— Nate Jones (@JonesOnTheNBA) April 6, 2013
This was good to see.
Sunday, Louisville's Kevin Ware suffered a gruesome injury. Today, he's on the sidelines rooting for his team » twitter.com/SportsCenter/s…
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 6, 2013
They come out of it as often as you don’t run triangle.
Sunday, Louisville's Kevin Ware suffered a gruesome injury. Today, he's on the sidelines rooting for his team » twitter.com/SportsCenter/s…
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 6, 2013
Pettiest rivalry ever.
At halftime some NCAA legends were honored. Michigan fans booed Jerry Lucas. He played for Ohio St – 50 years ago
— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelCBS) April 7, 2013
Slow down, my friend.
Is that McGary or Kevin Love?
— Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) April 7, 2013
So you don’t enjoy extended commercial breaks?
At this point I don't even care what happens in the game…as long as there are no more timeouts
— J.A. Adande (@jadande) April 7, 2013
You almost ginxed it!
I'm having one of those deja vu moments. No timeouts left for Michigan. First Final Four I covered.
— Andy Katz (@ESPNAndyKatz) April 7, 2013
You can bet the bank on that one.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Tom Crean is not overjoyed that Jeff Meyer is in the NCAA title game. Just a guess.
— BobKravitz (@bkravitz) April 7, 2013
That’s how it goes.
College basketball will get the block/charge call right the day my mother figures out how to text. #AintGonnaHappen
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) April 7, 2013
I see what you did there.
Wow, very cool that Pac-12 refs got to ref BOTH games in the Final Four. Clearly they've earned it…
— Brandon Huffman (@BrandonHuffman) April 7, 2013
