Oh who am I kidding – I can’t provide a legitimate Elite 8 preview.  I am too crazy excited!!!!!!!   My Boilermakers are in the Elite 8!!!!!!  I don’t care that my bracket is going down in flames!!!!!  Purdue has a legitimate chance at making the Final 4 – nothing could be better (well, other than them actually making the Final 4, winning that game to get to the National Championship, or winning it all)!!!!!!

.But I will do my best, we have a great set of games.  We have maybe the best example of elite offense playing against elite defense as Gonzaga will try to beat Texas Tech out west.  We have the ACC regular season co-champion playing the Big 10 regular season co-champion as Virginia plays Purdue in the south  We get another ACC / Big 10 clash as the two conference’s tournament champions play each other – will #1 Duke beat Michigan State despite the injury to Cam Reddish.  And of course, we can’t forget in the Midwest that Auburn and Kentucky will be fighting to determine who gets to represent the SEC in the Final Four.

There is something for everyone.  Amazing star power (Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett are incredible).  Amazing Hall of Fame Coaches playing each other as Coach K and Coach Izzo go head to head.  Amazing offenses like Gonzaga and Purdue.  Amazing defenses like Texas Tech and Virginia.  The fast pace three point shooting style of Auburn.  And we can’t forget about Coach Calapari and his star player PJ Washington coming back from injury at just the right time.

The champions have moved their way to the top – the only team left in the tournament that did not win either their regular season championship or conference tournament championship is Kentucky.  And the Wildcats were only the preseason #2 team in the country…….

You could not ask for a better Elite 8 – well, you could ask but odds are you couldn’t actually get a better Elite 8.  We are left with the best teams from the best conferences.  It should be an incredible weekend of basketball – and it starts in less than 2 hours!!!!!!

This will likely be it for my blogging for a while – have friends to meet for dinner and then I will be too insanely intense watching the Boilers!!!!!

ENJOY THE GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!