I had a feeling that this would happen. I wish it would have happened on Friday, but it eventually happens with Cinderella.

As I stated in my handicapping, this game was a little different because of how North Carolina plays. I thought things might get out of hand if they keep playing a pressure style of defense.

One of the announcers said it perfectly. Kentucky and Purdue tried to take advantage of their size by passing into the post and let their talented big men try to score. UNC took advantage of their size but in a slightly different way. They used dribble penetration to get into the lane and draw St. Peter’s big men to the ball. Then, they could dump the ball off to their big men to finish off the drive. And it worked perfectly.

North Carolina jumped out to a 9-0 lead and never looked back – coasting to a 69-49 victory.

On the broadcast, they mentioned that this is the first time UNC and Duke are meeting in the tournament. How crazy fitting that in Coach K’s last season, he gets one more chance to end with a victory against such a rival. While the St. Peter’s story was nice, we all know this is the game most college basketball fans wanted to see next Saturday.

Congratulations to the North Carolina Tar Heels for making the Final Four.

And what a great Final Four we have. In one semi-final, we have the Big 12 champions Kansas playing against the Big East champions Villanova. And in the other semi-final, we have the two best teams from the ACC, regular season champ Duke against runner-up North Carolina playing for the opportunity to represent the ACC in the championship.