Farmar — despite playing limited minutes in the first half — was, without question, the most dominant backcourt player on the floor. In fact, after hitting the second of his two colossal 3s after the break, he went right up to the LSU bench and said, "We are [expletive] killing you."

Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida — if George Mason was Cinderella, then UCLA is William Tecumseh Sherman.

Monday night, a Cameroonian prince plays the son of a Cameroonian national hero with the national championship and the country's longest win streak at stake.

Perhaps our beloved Bruins can succeed where USC failed.