Anyone feeling remotely melancholy about the end of the college hoops season tonight? We certainly are. A somewhat lackluster tournament (too many blowouts) culminates tonight with Memphis (getting major love from the public) going against Kansas. There’s no room on the Derrick Rose bandwagon, but you can still waste your time climbing aboard the CDR train. For reasons you will soon learn, we like Kansas. This lame, but brief, Q&A we had with ourself this morning sums it all up. Everyone guess the score in the comments, and then we can salute the winner tomorrow. Also of note – just like this weekend, when we had a strong turnout, we’ll be chatting in the comments section, having a blast.

Q: When Brandon Rush shuts down CDR (UCLA had nobody with the speed/height combo to do so), and Russell Robinson contains D Rose (just like he did Scottie Reynolds and Ty Lawson; notice we didn’t say ’stops’), who steps up as the 3rd scorer for Memphis? Answer: Nobody. This is why they lose. Offensively, the rest of that team is incredibly poor (we may give a pass to Anderson, though only he’s not taking anyone off the dribble), regardless of what the Conference USA stats say.

Q: Rose and Anderson are such great defenders! They shut down MSU and Texas and UCLA … doesn’t this mean the Kansas backcourt is in trouble? Answer: Nope. The guards on those teams made those teams go. Robinson and Chalmers? Complimentary players. MSU and Texas and UCLA needed their guards to dominate to win; not the case with Kansas. The Jayhawks are at their best working inside-out, getting shots for Arthur and Jackson early, which forces double teams, and then leaves the perimeter open for the gunners. The interesting scenario is if Anderson tries to defend Rush, and CDR is put on one of the guards (he won’t be able to keep up).

Q: Joey Dorsey is totally the new Ben Wallace! If Superhuman Kevin Love couldn’t score inside, how will the Kansas bigs? Answer: Dorsey got plenty of defensive help from Taggart/Dozier, who didn’t have to worry about anyone else scoring. Problem is, Kaun, Jackson and Arthur are all more than capable from 10 feet, so expect plenty of 1 on 1 action in the post, which should favor Kansas significantly.

It’s probably dangerous to feel this confident about a game, but we hit the Final Four games correctly, so let it ride, right? Kansas 73, Memphis 67.

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