[fullmetal]

When you get to the Final Four, every team is capable of beating every other team on any given day.  Bad calls or bad non-calls matter.

What I found surprising was the relative absence of the 3-pt shot from the Stanford arsenal.  That was a weapon they could have used to draw out the lead when they had that 10 pt advantage.

Lot of physical contact from A&M that should have been called.  It was mainly the small stuff, which is the shame of it, because the slapping at arms and reaching in is the harassment that made the press stifling.  And I was worried about the press.

Turnovers again, argh.

Finally, the team went for the steal on A&M\'s last full possession, which enabled the very good Aggie passers to break free for that layup.  Xavier is watching somewhere, eating schadenfreude pie.

That was a depressing loss to watch, and my aimless speculation of ESPN wanting something other than yet another Stanford-UConn finals matchup (and of course you can\'t touch UConn) isn\'t really helping.

[fullmetal]

When you get to the Final Four, every team is capable of beating every other team on any given day.  Bad calls or bad non-calls matter.

What I found surprising was the relative absence of the 3-pt shot from the Stanford arsenal.  That was a weapon they could have used to draw out the lead when they had that 10 pt advantage.

Lot of physical contact from A&M that should have been called.  It was mainly the small stuff, which is the shame of it, because the slapping at arms and reaching in is the harassment that made the press stifling.  And I was worried about the press.

Turnovers again, argh.

Finally, the team went for the steal on A&M\'s last full possession, which enabled the very good Aggie passers to break free for that layup.  Xavier is watching somewhere, eating schadenfreude pie.

That was a depressing loss to watch, and my aimless speculation of ESPN wanting something other than yet another Stanford-UConn finals matchup (and of course you can\'t touch UConn) isn\'t really helping.