There's only two more days before the long winter of our college basketball-less summer begins, so get in while the gettin's good.
Tipping at 5:09 CDT, it's No. 11 seed Virginia Commonwealth tussling with No. 8 Butler in the Battle of Who's Gettin' Paid More. If, like Mr. Kensington, you're finding it hard to care about this interest, we offer the following over/unders for entertainment purposes only:
- Clips shown of Gordon Hayward's prayer from last year's title game: 1.5
- Total points: 134.5
- Shots taken by VCU's Joey Rodriguez that cause every person watching to wonder "what the hell was he thinking there?": 3.5
- Number of said shots that Rodriguez makes: 1.5
- Amount of money Shaka Smart earns in his next contract: $1.5 million
- 'Hoosiers' references made by Jim and Clark: 2.5
- Matt Howard fouls: 4.5
- Matt Howard flops: 5.5
The marquee matchup comes up at about 8:50 CDT, when the fourth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats go to war with the Pride of the Big East, the Fightin' Kembas of No. 3 UConn. Your O/Us for the nightcap:
- Points for Kemba Walker: 23.5
- Replays of Kemba step-back jumpers past and present: 7.5 (C'mon over!)
- Number of times "Scott Harrelson" and "blue collar" or "hard nosed" are used in the same sentence: 5.5
- Combined mentions of NCAA investigations/allegations: 8.5
- Years before John Calipari leaves Kentucky: 4.5
- Years before the NCAA forces Kentucky to vacate this year's Final Four appearance: 4.6
- Years before Jim Calhoun retires from coaching: 0.5
Enjoy the games.