Everybody, a round of applause for Mike Schultz, who won the blog’s bracket challenge. Hopefully he’s a touch more excited than Jay Wright.  (Aside: If you tied Villanova winning with under 150 points last night, today sucked, and while you admire Marcus Paige’s crazy 3-pointer, you also dislike him for making it.)

Speaking of Jay Wright, good for him. People forget this, but he was in danger earlier in his career. He did make a Final Four years later, but he also went 0-2 in the 2010 NCAA tournament, and his recent legacy of early losses threatened to define him.

So much for that. He was masterful. His roster is skilled. His game plans were excellent. His decisions did not fail, up to and including the finish.

Bob Huggins says this all the time, and it’s relevant to day when you see how well the Wildcats shot for three weeks and how WVU’s shooting was just miserable at the worst time, but the best teams make open shots.