Kansas 59, Davidson 57

Wait a minute, that's not how Davidson's Cinderella ride was supposed to end, was it? Wasn't Stephen Curry supposed to drill a game-winning three over the double team in the final seconds, officially becoming a March legend while Kansas and Bill Self chocked away another chance at the Final Four?

Instead, Curry pulled up his dribble when he was doubled, passing to point guard Jason Richards, whose off-balance final shot went wide-left off the backboard, leaving Davidson and college basketball fans everywhere wondering what could have been. While Kansas looked sluggish playing at a slower pace, give the Self and the Jayhawks tons credit for this victory. Nothing was working in their favor all game, right down to Bryant "the White Lobster" Barr drilling three after three in the second half, and no one outside of Kansas was pulling for them to win this game. Still, the Jayhawks defense flustered Curry in the second half with a box-and-one, and Sasha Kaun played out of his mind down the stretch, scoring 13 points on 6-6 shooting.

The Jayhawks also benefited from the terrible foul-shooting of Memphis Davidson, as the Wildcats' 5-12 performance from the line may have cost them a trip to the Final Four. With the win, the Jayhawks assured us that all four #1 seeds would advance to the Final Four for the first time in history, basically locking up the bracket pool for the secretary.

Memphis 85, Texas 67

Many will credit the Tiger victory to the fact that they finally hit some damn free throws (30-36 at the line), but the truth is that this one was in the books well before the Horns went to the hack-a-Tiger strategy. Memphis dominated offensively in the paint from the get-go while the defense forced D.J. Augustin to make several poor decisions and prevented the Texas supporting cast from getting involved (James and Atchley combined for 13 points) for the convincing victory.

If it weren't for the superhuman performance of Curry, Derrick Rose would have to be considered the MVP of March. Rose scored 21 points and dished out nine assists, often for easy alley-oops to Joey Dorsey and Shawn Taggert. CDR also played his best game of the tournament, scoring 25 points and hitting 14 foul shots. Considered to be the sure-fire bet to be the first #1 seed to lose by just about everyone, the Tigers are proving everyone wrong by playing like the best team in America.

And now the Davidson Wildcats are all that stands in the way of an all 1-seed Final Four. If they, and we've been assured all day they are not just Stephen Curry, can deal Bill Self another regional final loss, they will be the first 10 seed to make the Final Four.

We know Davidson is exhausting its endowment to bus their students in free. Will Lebron be joining them? So what if the Cavs have a game an hour after tip-off? The Jayhawks did a number on 'Nova's Scott Reynolds Friday, can they contain the tiny juggernaut?

-Davidson with the first score and it wasn't Curry! See, not a one-man team!

-5 minutes into the game and we're still knotted at 2. Okay, Kansas scored. That should hold them for four minutes or so.

-Davidson with a quick surge to go up 9-6 about 8 and a half minutes in, but Darnell Jackson pounces on a mishandled rebound to get to the stripe.

-Hey, Stephen Curry has decided to put up some points. Maybe this game won't be the dregs.

-Tied at 23, Curry with 12 and aside from part of the second half of UNC-Louisville, we have a good game on our hands.

-After a sluggish first eight minutes or so, that tempo picked up considerably. Gus Johnson didn't like being subdued anyway. Kansas holds a narrow 30-28 lead at half. And Kansas is "holding" Curry to 15.

-Naturally, Billy Packer spent the end of the Texas-Memphis game talking about how Davidson couldn't possibly hang with Kansas. Choke on your own coprolite, Billy.

-Halftime question to Tyler Hansbrough: "Why do you play so hard every possession?" Can I still live blog with an 'SPLODED head? Time will tell...

-Stephen Curry has the first five points of the second half for Davidson. He shakes Rush for a three to bring his tally to 20.

-Kansas up 43-37 going to the line, seem to have reined in the careless turnovers and now have Davidson starting to get forced into taking some poor shots.

-Lovedale's turnaround jumper to give the Wildcats the lead is answered with a Kansas turnover. Ruh roh.

-GUS JOHNSON GUS JOHNSON GUS JOHNSON

-Uh, Brandon Rush, buddy? That was an ugly shot.

-And Curry misses the big three down 4 with a little over a minute.

-But the one inside a minute down 5? He hits that. Jayhawks by a field goal

-Davidson possession with 16.8 to go down by a bucket. Cue piglet: Oh d-d-d-d-dear.

-And Curry couldn't shake the double team. Damn 1 seeds.

Both teams can play a quick tempo game so at least this one promises to be one of the more high octane of the weekend's matchups.

-Rose already has problems with his eye. Billy Packer says he doesn't like stitches. Probably shouldn't be snitchin' then.

-And Augustin isn't getting the better of Rose today, not yet at least, as he airs a three and Memphis is on a 8-0 run early.

-And Rose is kind of owning D.J. thus far, adding a jam off a steal to put the Tigers up 24-13.

-Aaaaaand, it's starting to get ugly. Roberts picks up the and 1 to give Memphis a 16-point lead with 8 minutes left in the first.

-Augustin gets a steal and misses the lay-up, leading to an uncontested dunk for Memphis. This might not be close.

-Just before the wheels totally come off, the Longhorns narrow Memphis' halftime lead to 11 with a 6-0 run to end the first.

-And Texan comes storming out of the break with a quick six and Augustin is finally showing some life.

-The Tigers survived the early second half surge and it looks like the Longhorns are going to fouling with 8 minutes left, down 16. Is Davidson on yet?

-Guuuhhhh This game blows.

Psycho T and his band of Tar Heels haven't seen a great deal of tight competition thus far in the tournament, but then they've been the beneficiaries of a near-home court advantage or so goes the drummed up storyline between Rick Pitino and Roy Williams. It is those two coaches who are coming in with equal tournament resumes - a national title, coupled with five Final Four appearances as well as eight in the Elite 8 - meeting for the first time in March.

One of these 1 seeds has to go down, right? Better if it's the one who loses to the team I had going to the tournament final. AlsoImaMarylandalumandIhateUNC.

The first of our the regional finals pits the seemingly charmed - sometimes suspiciously so - UCLA Bruins against those nutty Jesuit Musketeers. Is the dunking process of Derrick Brown enough to hold off KevLuv and Co., or is UCLA just an inevitable tournament runner-up? Let's just stay out of the Sports Gods way as they elevate the Bruins to the Final Four.