The Final Four

CV Illini said:

Insider info: If JCL wins a national championship he will start drawing his social security benefits immediately following the game.

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So how did JCL land as a sixth year player? I mean, c'mon. That's ridiculous.

Cap tip to coach K. I've hated Duke forever, but he is a legend and a great coach.

chrisRunner7 said:

He's just a big Guster fan. Think he has mentioned it on the CBS basketball podcast before and he's real big into music and guitars.

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He's also a big Dave Matthews Band fan and several years ago did an article with a full bracket of 64 DMB songs that was pretty interesting. I think he had #41 winning the championship.

CV Illini said:

Insider info: If JCL wins a national championship he will start drawing his social security benefits immediately following the game.

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I just hope it helps his transfer to the Illinois business school application

WhiteHorseWings said:

I just hope it helps his transfer to the Illinois business school application

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Doesn’t he already have a PhD?

Clearly this was the NCAA's big plan to trick the sporting world into thinking that you can cheat your way to a championship whether by creating fake classes and curriculums that players don't need to attend or by offering illegal payments and offers, only for at tipoff to have Mark Emmert to swoop down from the heavens on a giant eagle, snatch the ball at its apex, land in his wizard cloak and staff and scream "YOU SHALL NOT PLAY!!!!!" Then slowly walk off the court with the ball as FBI agents repel down from the ceiling taking both teams and school administrators in for questioning as the entire 2022 National Championship is vacated. Confetti falls from the ceiling. College basketball is saved.

By JOHN MARSHALL - AP Basketball Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Big (blue) Easy has one more bit of bedazzling in store.
North Carolina and Kansas, basketball blue blood running deep in their veins, are headed to the national championship game.
The Tar Heels got there by spoiling Mike Krzyzewski's fairytale ending with a gritty performance in an historic rivalry game. Kansas put coach Bill Self in position to win the second title he's waited so long for with a 3-point barrage against another national powerhouse.
The first course was delightful. The main could be extraordinary.
“You come to Kansas for big games, but you don’t come to Kansas to play in the Elite Eight,” said Jayhawks guard Christian Braun, who had 10 points against Villanova. “You don’t come to Kansas to play in the Final Four. You come to play for a championship.”

Same at North Carolina.
The Tar Heels (29-9), third on the wins list and the all-time leader with 21 Final Four appearances, pulled out a back-and-forth 81-77 victory over Duke to end Coach K’s 47-year career with a loss to his biggest rival. The Jayhawks (33-6) have more wins than any Division I team in history, up to 2,356 after beating Villanova 81-65 in the first national semifinal Saturday night.

CV Illini said:

Insider info: If JCL wins a national championship he will start drawing his social security benefits immediately following the game.

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If Kansas wins, is JCL the first player to play for Illinois and win a national championship?

Has there ever been a situation like this where one school basically "won" the rivalry? With UNC winning K's last game in Cameron and winning K's last game ever, which was in the Final 4, it's over. They could play for a national championship some day and I'm not sure it would top that.