At long last .. we close up shop until March 1, 2009.
Congratulations to all our bracket winners and to the fun we've had talking basketball for the last few weeks. How many brackets had LIVE commentary from that awesome Belmont near upset of Duke? This is the place to play the brackets, all right.
We all knew Candace would be on the winning team .. the question was which Candace?
The state of Tennessee brings home one of the 2008 championship trophies. It will once again reside in the west side of the state. Unlike the men's championship game, Tennessee's Volunteers ably controlled Stanford's Cardinal onslaught throughout the game, winning 64-48 for the women's title.
Congratulations to Candace Parker, Pat Summit and the rest of the Volunteers. A second round of congratulations for Candace Wiggins, Tara VanDerveer and the rest of the Cardinals for their first trip to the Final Four in quite a while. I'll bet the Candances will be the #1 and #2 picks in the WNBA draft later this month?
Final championship summary:
Men's NCAA: Kansas Jayhawks (and their newly minted eight figure coach's salary package)
Women's NCAA: Tennessee Volunteers (with their seven figure coach's salary package for several years)
NIT Men's Champion: Ohio State Buckeyes
NIT Women's Champion: Marquette Golden Eagles
College Basketball Invitational Inaugural Champion: Tulsa Golden Hurricanes
See you next season!
Cheers, Anne
