Final Four 2014: UConn upsets No. 1 Florida in Final Four

Kevin Ollie, in just two seasons at UConn, has already proven to be one of the better coaching prospects in the country. He took a Hero Ball All-Star like Napier and paired him with a defensive unit that beat up a slew of talented teams in March and April. With the offense likely in Boatright’s hands and Daniels possibly missing from the paint, look for Ollie to squeeze every bit of production out of his current roster but fall short of winning a second straight NCAA championship.

Wisconsin had made all 17 of its free throws up to this point. Jackson missed the first, but made his last two to give the Badgers the lead with 16.4 seconds left. Aaron Harrison found the ball in his hands with only five seconds to go and a two-point deficit. This is what happened next.

The Badgers opened up an early nine-point lead and stayed ahead for most of the first half, but Kentucky pulled back to a reasonable deficit with a 6-2 run in the final two minutes.

Turner Sports/CBS had a rather awesome idea for the Final Four: one channel has Jim Nantz, Steve Kerr, and Greg Anthony calling the game -- you know, as always -- and one channel is equipped for fans of the individual teams. For example, for Wisconsin/Kentucky, there are Wisconsin-specific announcers like Wayne Larrivee on truTV and Kentucky-specific announcers like Rex Chapman on TBS.

People on the internet did NOT understand this phenomenon:

The Badgers were up by as many as eight points, but Kentucky made things interesting at the end of the half, pulling to within four points and heading into the locker room with some momentum.

Wisconsin shot 40.7 percent from the floor and Kentucky made 53.8 percent. The Badgers made all fourteen of their free throws, which could prove to be the difference in an otherwise tightly contested game.

Freshman forward Marcus Lee barely played most of the season. Must be nice to have that kind of size and athleticism on the bench.

The Huskies picked up where they left off in the second half, opening up an eight-point lead thanks to Napier’s second three-pointer of the night.

The Huskies poured it on down the stretch, going up by 10 points again thanks to an 8-1 run. Prather and Young kept Florida in it by scoring a combined 16 straight points, but their effort was not enough in the end.

Chris Daughtry sang the national anthem before UConn-Florida at the Final Four. He allegedly is the lead singer of a rock band called “Daughtry,” and although I’m not 100 percent convinced that this is a real thing I’m supposed to be aware of, everything seems to check out. Whatever. I’m sure he’s a nice enough guy.

What’s important is that while singing the national anthem, he made the National Anthem Singers’ Dreaded Mistake of going hard for the climactic part of the song -- o’er the laaaaand of the FREEEEEEEEEE -- and, uh, missed:

Even in a normal-sized basketball arena, you’ll occasionally see people watching the action with binoculars. But that’s usually just weird old guys gawking at the cheerleaders. You don’t really need binoculars to watch basketball. Unless, of course, the basketball is being played in a futuristic football mega-stadium. And...yup, some folks at AT&T Stadium are sitting far enough away that binocular rentals are a real thing at an indoor sporting event played on a 50 x 94 surface:

Even some media are stationed at distances better measured in miles than feet:

Two college basketball heavyweights will meet Saturday night in an NCAA Tournament semifinal game when Kentucky and Wisconsin play for a spot in the national championship game.

That matchup will come about 40 minutes after the conclusion of Florida vs. Connecticut. For now, the Wildcats and Badgers are slated to start around 8:49 p.m. ET, with that time subject to change depending on how long the first game runs.