Final 4 is Set!!

Utter Madness from Florida's Chris Chiozza over Wisconsin! (photo credit: New York Times)

Final 4 is set!!!!!

Whatta bunch of Elite 8 games we had too!

Let’s start with UNC vs. Kentucky in a rematch of arguably the best regular season game of the year when these two teams played in Viva Las Vegas in December to a 103-100 victory for Kentucky led by an unconscious 47 points by Malik Monk.

The game started off like another classic, but the wind was taken out of the classic sails with 1^st half foul trouble on pretty much all of the Kentucky starters. They weathered the storm and the Wildcats had lots of momentum with about 5 minutes to play. But the Tar Heels came out of nowhere to go on a run and boom! We had a game!

UNC Big man, Luke Maye was the only consistent offensive player for the entire game. He hit multiple treys in the 1^st half and early in the 2^nd half. After hitting a big shot, he was subbed off from about the 10-minute mark to 5-minute mark.

I’ve wondered for years why many coaches sub off players while they’re hot. I’ve never understood that. Any coaches out there if you have any insight, please let us know. The Insanity Staff is curious, not critical as many of these coaches that do these subbing practices are hall of famers. But still curious.

Anyways, Maye came back in with some more sparks leading to his game winning shot with 0.3 seconds left. Kentucky cut off the lead with difficult high-degree of difficulty three pointers to tie the game leading to Maye’s game winner!

Madness!!

UNC will play Oregon in their Final 4 match up. UNC has much more depth than Oregon. Oregon needs Tyler Dorsey and Dylan Brooks to have monster games. Brooks has been a tad less amazing then he’s been in the past, so he’ll need to pick it up.

Oregon dismantled KU to earn their Final 4 berth taking KU out of their comfort zone offensively and defensively while also catching KU on a night where they weren’t as sharp as other games in the Madness. Oregon’s Big Man Jordan Bell was an absolute beast with blocks and offensive rebounds coming outta his ears!

And the Zags momentous Final 4 berth beating Xavier? Lets save that for it’s own Insanity Report!

South Carolina is coming out of the South region beating a Florida team that had the game of the Madness with their amazing buzzer beater to beat Wisconsin. Many people were upset there was a non-marquee match in Madison Square Gardens with only Wisky playing Florida with the possible Villanova/Duke matchup squashed. Well we were treated to the moment of the Madness thus far!

And Melanie Booth was heard through 3 times in rejoice of Chris Chiozza’s buzzer beater three pointer!

One thing about South Carolina is their Head Coach, Frank Martin was seen as quite the nut job with his bulging, psycho eye balls and demonstrative demeaner on the sidelines from his days back when he coached Kansas State to his past 4-5 seasons in South Carolina. After listening to many interviews this past week as well as a couple throughout the season, Frank Martin seems like a stand up guy that is fiercely honest and more fiercely loyal to his players.

The Insanity Report Staff are all expecting more Final 4 magic this Saturday! It’s gonna be a long week waiting in anticipation! Until then!

Yours in Madness,

Cooler-issioner Adolph