Stay with me for a minute here.

Anyone who watched the game last night saw Roy Williams with a Kansas sweater on smiling like his son just hit the winning jumper. Quite strange in my book considering he is now the head coach of another school that was just knocked off by said Jayhawks, but I’ll let that go, for now. I can believe he still has a soft spot in his heart for Kansas.

(Photo thanks to Yahoo Sports.)

Now please consider this: Roy Williams coached at Kansas for 15 years. During his tenure as head coach, Kansas was in the AP Top 25 in 242 of 268 weekly polls. They reached the No. 1 ranking in the country in six different seasons and were ranked at least No. 2 in the nation in 11 of the 15 seasons. Yet he never won the National Championship, getting to the Final Four 3 times and the Championship Game once. He simply couldn’t get Kansas the Championship he / they so coveted.

5 Years later, two years removed from his National Title with North Carolina he’s back, coaching arguably, the Number 1 team in the country; only to be sidetracked, beaten by his alma mater in the Final Four.

North Carolina was a great team this year. Take out the games Ty Lawson missed and they were nearly untouchable. Hansbrough (Jr.), Lawson (So.), and Ellington (So.) are all expected to dip their toes in the NBA Draft. UNC's incoming recruits: John Henson, Dexter Strickland and David and Travis Wear are not going to contribute immediately. None of them is a Derrick Rose, Kevin Love or Michael Beasley. They all need seasoning and none of them plays guard. Bobby Frasor is a nice player but is not nearly as explosive as Ellington or Lawson.

Back to last night. Williams is wearing a Jayhawk sweater. Is Roy’s heart that big? Is he that cunning? Would he lose on purpose?

Kansas gets their much coveted National Championship. Regardless of whether he is at the helm, we have all seen Williams’ tears. Kansas means a lot to the man. He already has his championship and sees that he stands in the way of Kansas folk getting theirs. If NC loses, KU is that much closer.

In losing, perhaps he gets Lawson to stay in school and work on his jump shot. He gets Ellington to stay in school and work on his ball handling and dribble drive. He gets Hansbrough to stay in school and bring his skill level up to his level of intensity. He persuades all three to come back and win the Championship that "Got Away". Williams would get all three back while losing nothing. NC goes on to win the National Championship in 2009. He is entrenched in the pantheon of great coaches, now having taken six teams to the Final Four and two to the pinnacle of College Basketball.

Nothing from nothing, just sayin’. We all know Abraham Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy and John F. Kennedy’s secretary was named Lincoln. Perhaps a loss is not just a loss. But a win is a win – just ask the guy in the Jayhawk sweater.

NCAA Tournament Basketball is the great in sports... and I am a gambler. Kenny Rogers has nothing on me.

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