... playoff matchups dissipate before our eyes; and it isn’t even June yet.

 

NCAA Basketball

Kentucky ended the regular season ranked No. 1, and had a freshman phenom in John Wall who fascinated even President Barack Obama. The Wildcats were on a collision course with the Kansas Jayhawks, a solid, veteran team that seemed able to beat their opponents by sheer will. We all wanted to see Kentucky duke it out against Kansas. But en route, West Virginia beat Kentucky, and Northern Iowa handled Kansas.

Instead, in the championship game we got Duke and Butler–certainly not the marquee matchup desired on paper. Still, what the Blue Devils and Bulldogs gave us in the title game was an abs...

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