Friday's NCAA Basketball Observations
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Topic: Basketball

Friday night brought the best coaching from Kentucky's Tubby Smith that this blogger has seen all season. The way he kept running so many players in and out was masterful. Randolph Morris got in foul trouble early in the game, but Kentucky had two 7 footers who handled Bogut well. The move by Tubby eventually wore the 6th seeded Utah's Andrew Bogut down. The 2nd seeded Kentucky Wildcats also shot a season best 62 percent and went on to advance Sunday to play against 5th seeded Michigan State Sunday winning 62-52.

Speaking of Michigan State, the Spartans won impressively against number 1 seeded Duke, who frankly this blogger thought was overrated all year long and should never have been given a number 1 seeding. Redick did not have a good night, not even getting a shot off until 10:17 left in the first half, and scoring only 13 points the whole game. Sheldon Williams had a better night for the BlueDevils, scoring 19 points, but it still wasn't enough to keep Duke from losing the contest. With 22 turnovers also to their credit, the 'Devils ended up losing to State by a score of 78-68.

North Carolina State's Cinderella hopes were ended Friday by the 6th seeded University of Wisconsin. The 10th seeded Wolfpack fell to the 6th seeded Badgers after Wisconsin came out in the second half and scored 26 of the first 33 points scored, following a sub par performance in the first half. The Wolfpack lost to the Badgers, 65-56.

Now, on to the North Carolina-Villanova game. THAT WAS NOT A WALK! Villanova's Allan Ray not only did not walk, he was clearly fouled by North Carolina's Melvin Scott. The referee, Tom O'Neill, really screwed the 5th seeded Wildcats with that ridiculous call, handing the game to the number 1 seeded Tarheels, who won by only 1 point, 67-66.