Final 4 preview

I can't go into full predictive analysis for the Final 4. It makes me nauseated to just think about West Virginia playing Duke in the Final 4. I'm trying to remain calm. This is the type of thing I would dream of when I was shooting baskets out in my driveway as a youngster. Good vs Evil in the Final 4. The difference is that I made sure the Mountaineers always won in the pretend games, but here they may not. As much as I would be disappointed if the Mountaineers lost to Duke and I watched the Blue Devils go on to win another championship, I cannot judge the success of the Mountaineers' season based on Duke's success. The Mountaineers have had the best basketball season of my life by a good margin, so there should be no room for bitterness no matter what the result. It's all gravy from here on out. Like Ryan, you can buy your Mountaineer Final 4 t-shirt and that can never be taken away from you.

On to the brief analysis. If you've read my blog, it should come as no surprise that I like Butler over Michigan St. and rather easily. The Bulldogs are just better to me. I'll call the Mountaineers versus Blue Devils a toss up. I'm too close to this thing to analyze effectively, but it feels like it will come down to the final seconds to me. Either way, you'd have to give the edge in the finals to the winner of that game.

Here are my odds of winning it all (Duke is slight favorite because I'd trust them a little more to handle Butler or Mich St. in the Finals):

Duke 33%
WV 31%
Butler 24%
Mich St. 12%