All the experts and analysts are just dumb-founded, no one wants to go out on a limb and make a stance anymore now that Duke, UConn, and Villanova are out of the picture.  Although there are plenty of smug people that are now claiming that they foresaw UConn losing ever since their uninspired play in the first round - mainly this guy, Stewart Mandel.  No one wants to hear how smart you think you are, fans get enough of that crap from Woody Paige, Skip Bayless, Jim Nantz, Billy Packer and the rest of the lot.

Me, I haven’t have the slightest clue of who is going to win.  George Mason beat the best in UConn so are they now favorite?  Mostly everyone else is going with Florida because they too were a high-ranking team throughout the season.  This Florida Gator team reminds some people of the young Arizona Wildcats team that won it all with Mike Bibby, Miles Simon and Michael Dickerson back in 1997.  Although LSU looks like they have an inside combo of Glen Davis and Tyrus Thomas that looks too strong for teams to handle.  Finally, there is UCLA, who I’ll admit I haven’t seen play much, but sometimes you get that feeling that there are no basketball gods, and UCLA alumnus Bill Walton will get his way.

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