Tonight, another college basketball season comes to a close. It's a very bittersweet moment, but we're excited for a National Championship game that we can't get a good feel for what may happen. The suspense is killing us.
I mean, this tournament has been so unpredictable after six five rounds, it is only fitting that more weird things happen tonight. Here are 15 links to get you primed...
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First off, Kate Upton is on a nice pace to go down as the sexiest woman in the history of women.
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It's easy to run with, but Mike DeCourcy doesn't want you to think tonight's game is a morality play.
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Shelvin Mack is pretty cool. Despite playing and schooling in Indianapolis, he does not like the movie "Hoosiers."
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Surprise, surprise - Kemba Walker is "Connecticut's driving force." That's already been established, but it is nice when that statement comes from the WaPo.
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Even MTV wants a piece of Kemba.
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Mack and Walker spent time together last summer with the USA Basketball Select Team.
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The Indy Star's Bob Kravitz has thrown his hat into the "Should College Athletes Get Paid?" argument. His angle is actually quite compelling.
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You can also argue that UConn, and not Butler, is the more surprising team in tonight's match-up.
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Jeff Goodman is already anointing Brad Stevens as one of the best coaches ever. Wow.
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It wouldn't be an NCAA Tournament without an article from the good ole' Gloucester Times, which profiles "The Braintree Bully." That's Jim Calhoun if you didn't know.
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In the last four games, Butler's Ronald Nored is 0-10 from the floor. He still may be tonight's most important player.
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Is this the most unlikely National Championship match-up? Um... most likely.
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Over at The UConn Blog, you can learn the "Lamb Shake," presented as a moveable GIF.
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Always fun to see what's not being televised at a large sporting event. Here's a nice round-up on the college smokeshows and celebrities down in Houston.
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The enemy gushes over Matt Howard's "tenacity."
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Lastly, Kate Upton is on a nice pace to go down as the sexiest woman in the history of women.