Spring Break
No weak sauce in the Final Four
JASON BUTT & FLETCHER PAGE
Issue date: 3/19/09 Section: Sports
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The best weekend of the year begins today. And I already know my bracket is perfect, which means I'm that much closer to the Red & Black's $100 million prize (enter online before noon).
Page: Butt, you're an idiot. You realize you have a 9 quintillion to one chance.
Butt: I like my chances.
Page: But if everyone on the planet filled out a bracket, the stack would be enough to go to the moon and back over a million times.
Butt: I'll take those odds.
Page: Just like the odds of you making that shot in our picture. Don't bring that weak sauce to my column.
What all 14 of our readers have been waiting for. The Final Four:
Butt: My Final Four is chalkish, but has one slight surprise. Top-seed Louisville, will win the Midwest, and the Cardinals will face the West winner, which I think will be a hot Memphis team. The East regional winner will be Pittsburgh as I love the balance Levance Fields, DeJuan Blair and Sam Young bring. My surprise: Syracuse will upset North Carolina in the South regional final. UNC will not make the Final Four this year, mark it down. In the end, I have Pittsburgh over Louisville, with Blair named Final Four MVP.
Page: My Final Four is one-seed loaded, with one mild surprise. Louisville will represent the Midwest and take on Purdue, who I have pegged to upset Connecticut and Missouri in the West. I like Pitt to beat Villanova to become East regional champs. I see Tywon Lawson getting healthy, as Butt will need an eraser for his "mark it down" call of the Tar Heels losing to Syracuse. There is no way Tyler Hansbrough ends his career without a national championship. North Carolina will beat Louisville 75-70, with Hansbrough claiming Final Four MVP honors.
- Jason Butt is the sports editor and Fletcher Page is a sportswriter for the Red & Black. Perfect bracket odds come courtesy of R.J. Bell of Pregame.com
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