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Leading off

No matter what happens today, Kemba Walker's March has been amazing. His ability to put a young team on his back and carry it to the championship game has been impressive. But win today and Walker joins some elite company. Some of the most memorable title runs have been tied to the efforts of one guy.

Christian Laettner, Ed O'Bannon, Mateen Cleaves and Carmelo Anthony all wouldn't let their teams lose in the NCAA Tournament. Kemba Walker can be one of those guys. From his performance in the Big East Tournament all the way through to tonight, this will be Walker's title if UConn can finish it off.

Fearless prediction:

UConn over Butler

What to look forward to today:

One Shining Moment

Question I don't know the answer to:

Frank Haith? You go from Matt Painter to Frank Haith? Missouri couldn't do better than Frank Haith?

Recommended reading:

Wetzel on Brad Stevens.

A look at UConn's Charles Okwandu.

I've never understood why the Washington Post feels the need to have a stupid style on how it writes "U-Conn." and "U-Mass." with the unnecessary hyphen and period. But they make up for it with a great sports section including this story on Walker.

Buzzer beaters:

Will Jim Calhoun retire after this?

...6 months til Midnight Madness...