Ohhh!!!  Sasha Kaun sucks!
I guess Beisner’s weekend started early, leaving the previewing duties to yours truly.  In fact, I haven’t communicated with him at all, so he may be doing a preview of tonight’s second game as we speak.  Which would be a bonus for you, the reader, but would mean that I just wasted 8-12 minutes of my valuable time.

Anyway, I’ve decided to use a wordy and confusing title to catch your attention, so allow me to explain.  A few years ago, after the UNC job came open, Roy Williams’ Kansas team lost in the Final Four.  During an interview, Williams launched into a profanity-laden diatribe concerning his love for his Jayhawk players.  Days later, he accepted the job at his alma mater.  Consequently, Bill Self was hired to take over in Lawrence, thus becoming the “old” Roy Williams.

Presently, there is a job opening at Self’s alma mater, Oklahoma State.  As we know, the Cowboys suck at basketball.  However, they possess a creepy old man with misplaced priorities poised to pay Self (or anyone, really) trillions of dollars to live in Stillwater.  Thus begging the question, will Bill Self follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and lose in the Final Four, cuss at a reporter, and leave for his alma mater?  If he does, he will be the new Roy Williams!

If you believe internet message boards, than this deal is already done.  However, OSU has also agreed to this same deal with Gillispie.  Don’t believe internet message boards.

As for the actual game, since I can’t draw comparisons to sketchy bar encounters, I really have no way of figuring out what will happen tonight.  These teams are evenly matched, yet Kansas lost a reserve guard to a broken knee cap.  That, combined with the Self rumors, will not distract Kansas at all, yet they will be described as a team that has to “deal with a lot of distractions.”

In the end, Hansbrough will make his way to the line 15 times, and UNC will pull away for an 8 point win.