March 26th update

Final Four Set

• The NCAA Men's basketball championship is finally set. The Final Four teams will be traveling to New Orleans this weekend to battle it out for the National Championship. The #1 overall team Kentucky Wildcats overcame a slow start to defeat the Baylor Bears 82-70. Behind likely #1 NBA draft pick Anthony Davis (18 points and 11 rebounds) the Wildcats took what seems like their rightful place in New Orleans.
• The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Syracuse Orange 77-70 behind a strong effort from Sophomore forward Jared Sullinger, two days after Aaron Craft led them past Cincinnati. Meanwhile the Kansas Jayhawks took advantage of the point guard-less North Carolina Tar Heels to make their own way to New Orleans. Tar Heel’s star point guard Kendall Marshall, who fractured his wrist against Creighton in the second round, was unable to play this weekend, a crippling blow that the Tar Heels were unable to overcome.
• The final team of the four is the Louisville Cardinals. The Cardinals ended the game on a 23-8 run to defeat the Florida Gators 72-68. Louisville took the lead with 1:46 left in the game for the first time since 7 minutes into the game. The Cardinals are trying to replicate the run that the University of Connecticut took last year, winning the Big East championship and then the National Championship.
• Louisville coach Rick Pitino, pictured above, will now face his former team. the Kentucky Wildcats, whom he won a national championship with.


Eye of the Tiger

• For the first time in almost 3 years, Tiger Woods has a victory on the PGA tour. Woods defeated a full field to win the Arnold Palmer championship on Sunday, the first time he'd been victorious since 2009 at the BMW championship.
• Woods had to hold off a surging Graeme McDowell, but unlike many instances over the past few years, Woods was able to hold onto a lead without any real drama at the end. He finished at -13, 5 strokes ahead of McDowell and 7 strokes ahead of third place finisher Ian Poulter.
• The tournament namesake was unable to be there at the end. Palmer holds the record Woods is chasing, that of the most Major victories, but spent Saturday night in a hospital for observation of a blood pressure issue.


Hawks beat Jazz in 4OT

• The Atlanta Hawks were playing their third game in as many nights on Sunday and when it came time to finish, they seemingly could not bare the thought of stopping, so they kept playing... and playing... and playing. The Hawks ended up beating the Utah Jazz 139-133 behind 37 points from Joe Johnson in the first quadruple overtime game since the Phoenix Suns beat the Portland Trail Blazers 140-139 in 1997.
• Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap both had big games (before they fouled out in the 4th OT) for the tough-luck Jazz who are fighting for a playoff spot and are currently out of the mix.
• Both teams only managed to score 2 points apiece in the first OT but picked it up afterwards.