Big 12

31 March 2008

     Battles between titans are always filled with their share of anticipation, but rarely do the opponents bring in so much shared history as in the Final Four slugfest-to-be that is Kansas vs. North Carolina.  Besides giving college sports fans one of the greatest championship games in history in 1957 when the Tarheels defteated Wilt Chamberlin and the Jayhawks 54-53 in triple overtime, the entwined history of these two powerhouses that follows should lead to one of the most anticipated Final Four matchups in history.

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12 March 2008

t’sget right to it, just a quick preview of the six major conference tournaments(ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, SEC and PAC-10) and my predictions for themall.

SEC- it is a very down year in this conference, which is toobad because after the football season this conference has you expect more.  The major story going on during thistournament is whether Florida can do enough to get themselves into the NCAATournament.  Tennessee should withthis tourney; they are the best team in the SEC and have dominated all yearlong.  I think Kentucky willcontinue to play well and assure themselves the NCAA Tourney bid by getting tothe finals before losing to the Vols. I have Florida winning one game and in the end, probably not doingenough to get into the big dance next week.

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