Illinois - 81 Louisville - 78 Michigan State - 88 North Carolina - 86 (in OT) Michigan State - 78 Illinois - 71 I'm going with State to win it all. They've beaten Duke and Kentucky to get to the Final Four. Defense and Free Throws win the National Championship....MSUs defense is right up there with Illinois and they shoot FTs better. GO STATE!
Louisville 88 Illinois 87 UNC 77 MSU 65 Louisville 84 UNC 79 I win $45. BTW, we're catching the games up at Fox & Hound on Westheimer on Saturday. That's where the Houston chapter of the Louisville Alumni Association is having their viewing party. While none of us are huge fans of the Cards, it'd be fun to watch it with a bunch of them.
You do know that Illinois owns MSU this year right? You got the semis correct, the finals is IL85-SMU79
9/11 changed everything. WHOOPS! WRONG FORUM!! I just think MSU is the hottest of the 4 teams and Izzo is one hell of a tournament coach.
Illinois 81 Louisville 67 UNC 77 Mich.St. 59 UNC 83 Illinois 71 I have the utmost respect for Tom Izzo,and how he gets his teams to peak at the right time,but his ride ends here. North Carolina,to me,is the class of the field,ready to take this thing.Losing that game late in the season could really be good for the Illini,but UNC has an inside game with May(who I laughed at last year),and I think they have too much. This could be a classic final.
