By Sunday afternoon, I was fed up. Every game was a blow out and you just expected Kansas to run Davidson out of the gym, I mean football stadium. We at least got one good game and had an added bonus as Gus Johnson was calling the game. (Side note: I loved the way he kept saying Sasha Kahn's name. I sure did sound like Chaka Kahn.)If Curry had taken the ball in the lane and sent the game into overtime like he should have, I believe Johnson's head would have blown off his body. It would have been too much for him to handle. Since most of the games were terrible, here's some random thoughts/things we learned going into the Final Four.

• Memphis has apparently been on cruise control the whole season. That team should never have won a game by less than 40 against any Conference USA team this season. And how in the world did they lose to Tennessee at home?


• UCLA plays great perimeter defense. They may struggle on offense at times, but they will always be in the game because of their defense.


• Derrick Rose vs Darren Collison. I can't wait to watch that match-up.


• Umm, Ty Lawson is healthy.


• And Kansas doesn't have anyone that can keep up with him.
• If there is ever a steroid/HGH scandal in college basketball, North Carolina should be the first school investigated. Those guys are ripped.
• If North Carolina and Memphis play in the final game, will the shot clock ever hit 15?


• Apparently I missed the memo that says every team must wait until there is 5 seconds left on the clock to run their "last possession" play. Seriously, why is everyone waiting so late and then starting from 10 feet behind the three point line? To defend, all you have to do is stay close to the man with the ball and he'll throw up an awkward shot, because he doesn't have time to make a pass. If you're going to start at the half court line, why can't you start at 12 seconds left and run a play?
  
• And finally, if your man has the ball and he's a good three point shooter, can you please stop going under the screen and fight over it? Wouldn't you rather have him drive into the lane, where you will have help, than have him shoot a wide open three? It's happening to often and it's the real reason Xavier got back in the game against West Virginia in OT. Everyone will remember the wide open three pointer on the inbounds play, but Xavier hit two three pointers before that. Both times the defender went under the screen which allowed Xavier to have wide open three point shots. Not sure what I'm talking about, fast forward to 1:27 in this clip. If you want to see a team defend the screen effectively, just watch UCLA. It's a thing of beauty.