I did actually have Villanova winning the national championship on my bracket sheet. Only thing is…I had them either playing Virginia or North Carolina in winning their third national championship.
Villanova was the one obvious pick and Jay Wright’s squad held true in routing Mo Wagner and Michigan by a 79-62 count on Monday night in San Antonio.
The Big 12 was a little bit better than I thought they were in getting four teams to the Sweet 16. I had three Big 12 teams getting there, but not K State. I had Kansas getting beat in the Elite 8 game versus Duke–so I thought it was a good tournament for the Big 12.
The PAC 12 was horrific. The ACC had a bad tournament with Virginia, North Carolina, and Duke all torching. The SEC wasn’t much. To me, the storylines were Villanova, Sister Jean, and the Big 12 showing itself as the most balanced conference in this year’s tournament.
But Villanova was the one constant and they won their third national championship in the modern era on Monday night with relative ease as Donte D stole the show over Mo Wagner with an epic 31 point performance.