UCLA and Georgetown kept the last weekend of college hoops from being the Wal-Mart Final Four. Even so we still have two number ones and two number twos dancing. After a year when George Mason gave us a reason not to watch golf, the tournament went through a stretch where the favorites all acted like it. Geesh! What’s the fun in that. Add the seeds of the Elite Eight and you got 13, the lowest number ever. Cinderella was home doing floors while big corporate college America was at the fancy dress ball.

I have three of the four finalists, but no chance to win my pool. The leader has all four and the same winners I do. That means I’ll be rooting for UCLA (I’m Wooden through and through and my wife is an alum.) with a Georgetown kicker.

Left unanswered: I didn’t get to see the finish, but my sources tell me it was as if UNC had no legs when they missed nearly every shot down the stretch and in OT. That’s what was supposed to happen to GTown, the Hoyas playing three, four, or five players fewer North Carolina’s 12 plus a couple friends of Roy Williams from the filming of the Coke commercial.

Best matchup: Most would said Hibbert and Oden and that will be a monster, but I’m anxious to see UCLA defend inside against Noah and Horford. Jochim’s antics when he’s winning might also reverse themselves when somebody D’s up on him all game. If Oregon finds Humphries Sunday on half those shots from distance, they might be headed to Atlanta instead of the Gators. Letting somebody knock down seven threes — some from wide open — is curious.

Things to avoid: A rematch of the BCS championship with Florida and Ohio State. That turned out to be a yawner, the Buckeyes overmatched all over the field except in pre-game hype.