And then there were two. Ohio State - Florida for the national championship. Sound familiar? In this superb wrapup of yesterday's exhilirating 67-60 win over Georgetown in the national semifinals ... Furls eats a little crow, recaps the game, and heaps praise on Buckeye point guard Mike Conley Jr. Furls also talks about where the Hoyas went wrong in this one, and how Thad exposed 'em with a brilliant gameplan. Furls preview of the title game posts tomorrow. GO BUCKS!

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It's go time. After a week of hype, and a plethora of Oden v. Hibbert stories, game time is finally here. At 6:07 PM, Ohio State and Georgetown will face off. The winner will advance to the national championship game. In Furls' preview of this clash of the titans, he goes on record as saying that he doesn't like this matchup for the Bucks, who he feels may struggle with the Hoyas big, athletic forwards. Furls breaks it all down for us in his latest.

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In the Rhino's latest, amid the backdrop of the FInal Four, he talks about the tyranny of the NCAA, who profit immensely off poor college athletes, the vast majority of whom won't go on to riches at the next level. The Rhino also references a bombshell of a story that came out this week. Allegedly, there was a NCAA basketball team that was set to refuse to play in the title game unless each player recieved $50,000. Wha-wha-what? An interesting read.

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I've resigned myself to the fact that Greg Oden isn't coming back to Columbus for his sophomore season. I'm just begging for one more year out of Mike Conley Jr., who is my favorite Buckeye hoops player since Jimmy Jackson. Conley's superb play throughout the Buckeyes Final Four run has caused him to rocket up draft boards, to the point where his return is no longer a likely proposition. I examine Conley's game and beg him to stay one more year in my latest.

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