That Wasn't Chicken

Combined NCAA Championships: 13
Combined Final Four Appearances (including this year): 50

Kentucky

NCAA championships: 7 (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998)
Final Four appearances: 15 (most recent 2011)
Tournament Appearances: 52

2012

Record: 32-2
Points Per Game: 77.1 (20th)
Rebounds Per Game: 39.2 (15th)
Assists Per Game: 13.3 (132nd)
Field Goal %: .487 (10^th)

Team leaders:

PPG: Davis 14.3
RPG: Davis 10.0
APG: Teague 4.8

Kansas

NCAA championships: 3 (1952, 1988, 2008)
Final Four appearances: 14 (most recent 2008)
Tournament Appearances: 40

2012

Record: 27-6
Points Per Game: 75 (36th)
Rebounds Per Game: 36.9 (54th)
Assists Per Game: 15.6 (21nd)
Field Goal %: .485 (14th)

Team leaders:

PPG: Robinson 17.9
RPG: Robinson 11.8
APG: Taylor 4.8

Louisville

NCAA championships: 2 (1980, 1986)
Final Four appearances: 10 (most recent 2005)
Tournament Appearances: 37

2012

Record: 26-9
Points Per Game: 68.8 (155th)
Rebounds Per Game: 38.2 (27th)
Assists Per Game: 13.8 (93rd)
Field Goal %: .425 (225th)

Team leaders:

PPG: Kuric 13.1
RPG: Dieng 9.1
APG: Siva 5.5

Ohio State

NCAA championships: 1 (1960)
Final Four appearances: 11 (including vacated 1999 which absolutely counts– ask Scooney Penn, he was there) (most recent 2005)
Tournament Appearances: 27

2012

Record: 27.7
Points Per Game: 75.1 (35th)
Rebounds Per Game: 36.8 (57th)
Assists Per Game: 15.2 (31rd)
Field Goal %: .486 (12th)

Team leaders:

PPG: Sullinger 17.6
RPG: Sullinger 9.3
APG: Craft 4.6

Game Lines

Ohio State -2.5 v. Kansas
Kentucky’s -8.5 v. Louisville

Jared Sullinger celebrates the Buckeye win over Syracuse and Ohio State's place in the 2012 NCAA Final Four

When Ohio State takes the court in the second game of the 2012 NCAA Final Four just before 9 pm on Saturday, it will be the 17th game of the season that tips off after 8:30 pm.

And the new mens’ basketball coach of the Fighting Illini is…

Shaka Smart, VCU (declined)

Brad Steven’s, Butler (declined)

Anthony Grant, Alabama (declined)

Leonard Hamilton, Florida State (declined)

Lorenzo Romar, Washington (declined)

John Groce, Ohio ???

Just a coincidence that former Vice President Dick Cheney just had a heart transplant?

The unfortunate reality is that it’s really about something much less interesting — Santorum announcing his OK with being Romney’s #2.