National Championship Game Preview

The National Championship game is tonight and I thought I would give a preview on the game and who I think is going to win.

Kentucky has made it to National Championship after winning deadly Midwest Region.  They have defeated Kansas State, Wichita State, Louisville, Michigan, and Wisconsin to get here.  They start five freshman and they are the first team to reach the finals with five freshman since the Fab Five team at Michigan who did that in 1991.  The guards are lead by the Harrison twins, Aaron and Andrew, and James Young.  Aaron has made the game winning shot in UK's last three games and his brother has been a solid contributor as well scoring 20 points against Wichita and 14 against Louisville.  Young is arguably UK's best three point shooter and he scored 17 points in the semifinal game against Wisconsin.  The front court is lead by Julius Randle and Dakari Johnson.  One of the top freshman of the year, Randle has been the most consistent player all year for the Wildcats while Johnson has been great in the tournament averaging 11 points and 5 rebounds in his last three games

UConn shocked the world by winning the East Region.  They got by St. Joseph's, Villanova, Iowa State, Michigan State, and Florida to reach this final game.  They are lead by senior guards Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright.  Napier is one of the top guards in the country averaging 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists a game.  Boatright isn't too bad himself averaging 12 points a game while shooting 38 percent from 3 point land.  The Huskies best three point shooter though is German Niels Giffey who is shooting an amazing 48 percent in his 3 point attempts.  The front court is lead by DeAndre Daniels who has been the x factor for the Huskies in this tournament.  He has scored in double digits in every game they have played in the tournament including an amazing 27 points against Iowa State.

I believe UConn is going to win tonight.  I really love how well Napier and Boatright are playing right now and Daniels ability to hit shots is hard for anybody to handle with him being 6 foot 10.  I believe that if the Huskies hit their 3s, nobody can beat them.