Butler vs. VCU
I don't care what your seeding is, there is no such thing as a fluke run to the final four. VCU got here by shooting three's, and against a stingy Butler defense they were held to only 36% on 8-22 shooting. You could see some shots rim in and out, but it just wasn't their night. The whole time watching that game I just had a gut feeling Butler was going to pull it out. Butler is just a good team with a great program that knows how to win tournament games. Now 14-3 under Brad Stevens in tournament play. 14-3! which makes them 10-1 in the last two years! You have to love a team that shoots free throws pretty well 20-26 (76.9%) has the winningest coach in his first four years, and is led by two senior stars in Shelvin Mack and Matt Howard. They are a gritty team, and they don't make very many mistakes.
Kentucky vs. Connecticut
The first half showing by Kentucky was disgusting. It was embarrassing to watch star Brandon Knight shoot short on shoot after shoot. They couldn't fall out of a boat and hit water. The announcer at one point even said at halftime the Huskies were twenty minutes away from playing for their third national chmapionship. Not so fast though, UK came flying out in the second half turning the game into the heavyweight battle we all anticipated. BUT, you have to make your free throws. Kentucky finished 4-12 from the line, that is pee wee basketball type percentages. You don't go to a national championship shooting like that. I don't know why Calipari teams can't shoot free throws, maybe it is because he recruits raw athletic street ballers, or because he is to busy yelling at Terrence Jones in practice to make them shoot free throws, but 33% percent from the line is the reason they lost. Everyone says they "should" have won the game, but I feel if you shoot like that from the strip you don't deserve to win.
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