The Final Four - past 10 years

FINAL FOUR TEAMS 1998-2007

(Year, Winner, Runner-up, Other Two Final Four Teams)

2007 Florida, Ohio St., UCLA, Georgetown

2006 Florida, UCLA, LSU,George Mason

2005 North Carolina, Illinois, Louisville, Michigan St.

2004 Connecticut, Georgia Tech, Duke, Oklahoma St.

2003 Syracuse, Kansas,Texas, Marquette

2002 Maryland, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma

2001 Duke, Arizona, Michigan St., Maryland

2000 Michigan St., Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin

1999 Connecticut, Duke, Michigan St., Ohio St.

1998 Kentucky, Utah, North Carolina, Stanford

NCAA Hoops upsets

So far this NCAA basketball season looks like it will be quite interesting. So far there have been some rather big upsets. If the first few weeks are any indication as to how the season will turn out it look like it will be a wild ride similar to the college football season. Here are some of the surprising games:



Mercer defeats #16 USC (in LA, and it is Mercer's only win of the season)

Gardner Webb defeats #20 Kentucky (in Kentucky)

BYU defeats #6 Louisville

Saint Marys defeats #12 Oregon

Siena defeats Stanford

Cleveland St defeats Florida State and South Florida

Belmont and Bowling Green defeat Cincinnati

NC A&T defeats DePaul

Sam Houston State defeats Texas Tech

I am sure there are more of these to come. Stay tuned.

Jason Smith

I like to watch the Mountain West conference. This last year I watched a couple Colorado St. games in which I saw Jason Smith play. I was very impressed at how athletic he was. At 7-0 tall he played and acted like a 6-7 small forward. He was good inside, very quick and has a decent jumper. At times he dominated. However, when he had a physical defender on him he struggled. He did not like being pushed around and it took him out of the game. He tends to be foul prone as well. If he can find a good situation with a run and gun offensive team he would fit in the best.