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Villanova isn't playing in the National Championship on Monday, but thankfully, we're not Georgetown

North Carolina and Gonzaga tip off for the National Championship on Monday night and, man, am I pulling for the Tar Heels. The 'Zaga fans in Seattle are so incorrigible that they need a nice Carolina Blue beat down for some humbling.

Don't be disappointed Villanova isn't playing tonight, but 348 other D-1 teams aren't either. And, hey, at least we're not Georgetown who is bungling their coaching search for all insiders' points of view...

As bungled coaching search continues, Georgetown operates with no plan | SI
Georgetown has become the laughingstock of the college basketball world thanks to its bungled efforts to replace former head coach John Thompson III.

Report: Patrick Ewing Emerging | Casual Hoya
Georgetown legend and NBA Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing has emerged as a candidate for the Hoyas head coach position, per Jon Rothstein. Sources: Patrick Ewing emerges as major candidate for head...

The Perfectly Stupid Scandal Of The NCAA's First Real One-And-Done
Nearly 30 years ago, on the day before he was to play for a national championship, Andrew Gaze was on the defensive.

Eli Brooks turned down dream school Villanova to choose Michigan | The Land of 10
"Villanova was my dream school," Brooks told Land of 10. "But, I just didn’t get a good feel of the campus when I visited there. … It didn’t feel like a college. It wasn’t somewhere I could call home for four years."

Dan Monson is the one who started it all at Gonzaga, and nobody, including Mark Few will ever forget that
Mark Few will be the one coaching Gonzaga in Monday's title game. But it was Dan Monson who built it. He's along for the ride this week, helping Few and recalling a ride nobody thought possible.

Phil Knight and Nike have 'an interest' in Lonzo Ball but $1 billion is 'a little steep' | The Dagger
UCLA guard Lonzo Ball is not the only one that doesn’t take issue with his father’s slightly (and sometimes blatantly) outrageous comments. More than that, Knight has no problem with LaVar’s request for $1 billion up front. But, he said LaVar probably won’t be seeing that money from Nike.

Brad vs. the Book: Gonzaga about to write another chapter in history book | Yahoo

In an attempt to avoid complete destitution, I will post my picks, whether profitable or penniless, through the NCAA tourney. Gonzaga, undoubtedly the most complete team to take the floor this season, is beautifully balanced, deep and sports the stingiest defense in the land.

Why North Carolina’s size matters vs. Gonzaga, even if frontcourt is neutralized | Yahoo
North Carolina did so on the offensive glass, converting 17 of its own misses into 19 second-chance points and one celebratory hurl of the ball up toward the University of Phoenix stadium roof. Gonzaga did so more mechanically, working the ball inside to Przemek Karnowski and Zach Collins and exploiting