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Famous last words... quoting from Madness Round Four, after last weekend:
The Michigan State / UConn game was weird; all through the first half Michigan State outplayed UConn and they took a small lead into halftime, but you had the sense that UConn was the stronger team and could power ahead at any moment. But the second half was different; the teams played even until about the ten minute mark, at which point Michigan State slowly but surely put the game away. It is hard to call the Fridge Score* but I am tempted to make it 8:30 or so; it wasn't as close as it felt. And yet and yet; UConn did make that late run with about two minutes to go. So we'll say FS=01:30. I really think if UConn had started using the press they deployed at the end of the game earlier they could have pulled this one out.
So we'll see what Monday brings... stay tuned!
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An awesomely bad call; Michigan State won a hard-fought battle over Connecticut, and North Carolina rolled Villanova. And now 
The North Carolina / Villanova game was really never in doubt (after tipoff, that is :). North Carolina immediately took a 10+ lead and pretty much held it all the way, looking like clearly the better team. In fact in the second half there were a couple of moments when Villanova pulled closer, but it was only because NC seemed to let up, with the game securely in hand. I make it FS=20:00. I didn't see any weakness at all in North Carolina, they have a complete team and they play as one. At this point I'd have to pick them over Michigan State.
