Wow – well that shows how much the Lunatic experts know.  Or maybe we are the jinxes.  Hard to say if it is just the Lunatic who crushes team’s souls or his entire family – guess we will find out better tomorrow where the Lunatic tended to be in the minority on his picks.

If you had said before the games started that one SEC team school would be playing in the National Championship, everyone would have figured #1 South Carolina would be playing #1 Virginia Tech.  But that is not what happened.

In the early game, the Hokies looked like they had things under control with a 8 point lead.  Then, the LSU Tigers came out and blitzed the Hokies in the 4th quarter, outscoring Virginia Tech 29-13 in the last quarter.  Alexis Morris scored 27 points and Angel Reese added 24 points as LSU advanced to their first NCAA championship game.

In the late game, the women’s basketball player of the year showed why she won that award, as Iowa’s Caitlin Clark scored 41 points against the #1 team in the country, hitting three pointers from everywhere.  ESPN just said that Clark either scored or assisted on 75% of Iowa’s baskets.  When she wasn’t draining three pointers, she was passing the ball to her teammates – especially Monika Czinano who added 18 points for the Hawkeyes.

Clark would drill 4 clutch free throws to end the game and end South Carolina’s 42 game winning streak, and the defending champions repeat bid would be cut short as the Hawkeyes also advance to their first NCAA championship game.  So, the women’s championship will see a first time winner as Iowa plays LSU on Sunday – congratulations to the Tigers and Hawkeyes.