The biggest crowd in Final Four history will watch tonight, including some fans from very far away.

Leading off

A Michigan State championship would put an upset win at the end of an otherwise upsetfree tournament. From Midnight Madness forward this was supposed to be Carolina's season. Tonight that would all come to fruition.

What to look forward to today

Kalin Lucas vs. Ty Lawson

Fearless Prediction of the day (5-2 at these so far)

North Carolina

Questions I don't know the answer to:

Can Villanova hang with North Carolina?

Obama  38        vs.       Vautour 40

  vs.

The full Presidential bracket is here. He're mine.

Today's picks:

Me: I'm out of winners.

Obama:He needs a Carolina win to tie me in total wins. But I'd
declare him the winner for picking the champion correctly if Carolina
wins it all. My fiancee would like him to win. "I want the president to be smarter than you are" was her reasoning and that's hard to argue with.

Links:

Gerry Ahern on tonight's point guard matchup.

Michigan State figures to have a homecourt advantage.
Mitch Albom weighs in on Detroit's performance as a host.
Pete Thamel on the rematch.
Five reasons Michigan State will win.
Five reasons UNC will win.

Buzzer beaters:

At what point does Derek Kellogg become Memphis' choice? He told me Friday that he wasn't interested. I believe him because he answered the phone. He knew right away what I was calling about and joked that if he was really interested, he wouldn't have answered. That I believe. How about Tony Barbee?

Where does Arizona go next. College basketball season ends tonight. The Carousel has plenty of legs left.

...16 hours til One Shining Moment...