KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2011 / SPORTS
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Whatever's best for me and my family, that's what I'll do."
- Thomas Robinson on his decision whether to go to the NBA
FACT OF THE DAY
The Final Four matchup of No. 11 VCU and No. 8 Butler is the greatest number of combined seeds ever in that round.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many time has a No.1 seed never made it to the Final Four?
Time to eat your own bracket
MORNING BREW
Nom, nom, nom. That's the sound of me eating my words that were printed on March 14 and 15. As some of you know I picked Ohio State to cut down the nets in Houston. Boy, was I wrong. The Buckeyes were only good for two wins, not six.
I was wrong, and I'll be the first to admit that I was wrong. Do I regret my pick? No. Do I regret picking against Kansas? No. Why? Ohio State was the No. 1 team in the nation. Its two losses came on the road to a very good Wisconsin team and a very good Purdue team. Picking Ohio State this year is like picking Kansas last year. You would expect the No. 1 overall seed to win.
But after seeing how the first weekend started, it was probably inevitable. There have been so many upsets. Kansas played four games with teams having an average seed of 12. That didn't matter, since the layhawks have nothing to show for it.
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
Like so many people's brackets, mine was busted too. Mine was busted in the first weekend — I lost Pittsburgh and then Syracuse from my Final Four. Who could have guessed Butler would go back to the Final Four? Who could have guessed VCU
A:Three.
would win five games to get to the Final Four?
I have a journalistic obligation to be objective, to not be a "homer." By picking Kansas and just saying that I think they will win isn't a good enough explanation. If I were to pick it, I had to think it was the best team in the nation.
I watched enough of Ohio State this year to think it had the chance to win six straight games. The six main players for Ohio State had been so good. They played smart, they played aggressively, but didn't get in foul trouble. But Ohio State's freshman Jared Sullinger got into foul trouble. Four of them, against Kentucky and the Buckeyes. Sullinger only shot 32.8 percent
from the field after shooting 49.4 percent in the season.
I'm not saying that I was doubter of the Jayhawks, because I had them in the championship game, but nothing convinced me of them being the best team. The time they were No. 1 in the country, they were thumped by Kansas State.
I'm not taking back my pick and I'm not apologizing for it, but I am owning up to the fact that I was wrong in picking Ohio State.
Edited by Emily Soetaert
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
There are no events today.
TUESDAY
There are no events Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY.
Baseball
vs. Missouri State
6:30 p.m.
Springfield, Mo.
Softball
vs. UMKC
4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Kansas City, Mo.
NBA
THURSDAY
There are no events Thursday
Tennis
vs. Iowa State
2:30 p.m.
Ames, Iowa
Heat set history with points
Baseball vs. Baylor 6 p.m. Lawrence
FRIDAY
MIAMI — Dwyane Wade was hurting at halftime and spent much of the third quarter recovering in the Miami locker room.
He returned in plenty of time to help set Heat history.
Women's Golf
Ole Miss Rebel
Intercollegiate
All Day
University, Miss.
LeBron James had 33 points,
10 rebounds and seven assists,
Chris Bosh added 31 points and
12 rebounds, and the Heat beat
12 rebounds, and the Heat beat the Houston Rockets 125-119 on Sunday.
Wade shook off a bruised tailbone and finished with 30 points and 11 rebounds for Miami, which had three players score 30 or more for the first time in the franchise's 23-year history.
please recycle this newspaper
The last time a team had three players score 30 in the same game was Feb. 26, 2010, when Houston had Martin, Aaron Brooks and Scola combine for 94 against San
minutes.
Wade sealed the game with 33 seconds left, taking a handoff from James and making a left-handed layup while getting knocked into a row of courtside photographers for a 120-115 lead.
Associated Press
Antonio. Before that, youd have to go back all the way to Nov. 14, 1997, when Portland's Isaiah Rider, Brian Grant and Arvydas Saponis all had 30-plus points and 10 or more rebounds in a qyadruple-overtime win over Phoenix.
James, Wade, Bosh did it without the benefit of 20 extra