God bless Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks.

Danny Green isn’t dancing tonight.

Travel Hansblow is going home.

And Ol’ Roy may have changed his mind five years ago, but Kansas fans could still give a s*** about North Carolina. It had to be especially sweet for them to reach the title game by sending ol’ traitor Roy home.

An 18-0 run in the first half sealed Carolina’s fate, despite a furious comeback. I was almost certain that Bill Self’s team had self-destructed like so many Kansas teams - coached both by Self and ol’ Roy - had done in years past. I thought it was only a matter of time before UNC completed their comeback and was hailed as the greatest team to ever set foot on a basketball court and Travel Hansblow proclaimed to be the god of all living things.

When it was 40-12, I was thrilled. It was happening. Not only was Carolina going to lose, but they were being embarrassed. Far better. But when it was 54-50, my joy had fled and deep concern that Kansas was about to complete the biggest fold up by a team in final four history (which, with Kansas’ win, is still held by Maryland, who lost to Duke in 2001 after leading by 22 in the first half.)

Fortunately, Billy Packer - who with about 7:30 to go in the first half proclaimed on air that the game was over - proved to be a prophet after all. Kansas pulls out the win and sends UNC packing 84-66.

My day was made.

GTHC!

I wasn’t going to be surprised by anything in the final four, considering the caliber of teams playing. And despite picking UCLA, it wasn’t at all shocking to see Memphis take them out.

In Memphis’ last three games, they’ve looked as good as anyone has during the whole tournament, so I might be slightly shocked if they don’t win Monday night. Free throw shooting was supposed to be their only weakness, but I noticed in their win over Mississippi State in the 2nd round that they were hitting them down the stretch, and they did so again as Texas attempted a comeback. If they hit their free throws, they may not have any other weakness to exploit. They’ve been playing the “no respect” card, and seem intent on making sure everyone respects them by late Monday night. As of now, it looks like they just might get that respect after all.

I just hope it’s a good one, but for now, I think I’ll go with Memphis.

Okay, one more time: GTHC!