1. Joakim Noah is a stiff. That's it, he's not even the poor man's Anderson Varejao. He's more like a homeless Scott Pollard. Way to show up for a national title game and score 8 points on 1-3 shooting and have 4 fouls. Yet he's still on the front page of ESPN.com. Go figure.
2. I think Greg Oden is ready for the NBA, or at the very least as ready as anyone else in the country. Here's his line; 25 points on 10 of 15, 12 reb. and four blocks. All of this while being guarded by three different players who are all likely top 15 picks in the draft. Not only did he outplay each of Florida's big men he dominated them on both sides of the court. If he didn't have to play one on five for 40 minutes it probably would have been even better.
3. This game illustrates everything that is wrong with college basketball. College basketball has turned into a glorified 3 point contest. That's what this game was, that's the difference in the game. Why not just roll out the racks and have each team pick five guys and we'll see who can make the most threes.
College basketball has to do one of two things; get rid of the line or move it back to NBA range. People wonder why there are no great big men in the game anymore. This is why. Its a three point contest. Hell the best player in the country was 6'11'' and spent most of his time shooting threes. Move the line back bring some skill back, open up the middle, spread the floor and then you might have a test of who the best teams are. And maybe a product people care about for more than a month out of every year.
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