Live blogging the NCAA Tournament Final

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Postgame: I didn’t realize they even assigned homework at Florida but Joakim Noah is already playing the ‘don’t expect me to do any work, I’m a national champion’ card. Student-Athletes indeed.

0:00 And that’s all folks. The clock has mercifully put us out of our misery. Congrats to the Gators, 2006 NCAA national champs. And now all that’s left is to watch One Shining Moment and this debabcle will be behind us. No one will be writing a book about this Final Four.

1:46: I realize that Gene Wojciechowski got assigned this column but… oops.

5:17: UCLA makes a bit of a run but as soon as they got within 12, Florida was able to make another easy dunk. Now it’s under 4:50 and the game is over. Florida is getting every loose ball as well. They are just out playing UCLA like UCLA was a D3 team.

10:00: 10 mins left in the entire game and Mbah a Moute gets the first mention of his name since opening introductions. If I were the Gators scrubs, I’d be getting ready to get in the game by now.

Does Bill Russell just get paid to show up at basketball games?

16:57: This game stinks and I’m calling it right now. Florida is up 42-27. There is no way UCLA will come back to win this game. They might never get within 10 again. I think we paid the price for a great opening few rounds of the tournament with 3 terrible Final Four games.

Halftime: So far so bad. Florida is up by 11 going into the half. Jim Nantz reminds us that the Bruins came back from 13 down against Gonzaga in an attempt to keep half the east coast viewers from turning off the TV. Anyone not named Farmar on UCLA should be shot during halftime.

3:50: Despite assurances to the contrary, this final game is just as bad as the semi-finals. I just found out that Joakim Noah’s mom is a former Miss Sweden. And his dad is a regular looking dude. How’d Joakim get so damn ugly?

9:54: Florida goes up by 10 on a 4-point play by Lee Humphrey Oswald. This game is getting out of control for UCLA. Where is their vaunted UCLA defense?

11:37: Gators up 17-11 with a chance to take it up to 19. This game has been decent so far but nothing spectacular. UCLA came out very unimpressive in the first half against LSU as well so maybe they can make a run and have this be a great game down the stretch.

16:11: Florida out to a quick 11-6 lead. We’re rooting against Florida (not for UCLA) so this isn’t fun.

Does this guy in the state farm commercial say “yeah G!” Didn’t that expression go out in the 90s?

Pregame:
The big game is here but we’re having trouble getting geeked up for this game after the Saturday snoozefests. They’re doing the introductions. I guess someone told the PA announcer how to pronounce Mbah a Moute but not Richard. Damn hicks.