There Are No Cinderellas

Guess their advertising was true; no Cinderellas this year--at least, not in the Final Four--as Kansas just eked out a win against Davidson 59-57. For the first time, the Final Four is entirely made up of top-seeded teams.

Not so in the Frozen Four, however; although top-overall-seeded Michigan advanced past Clarkson with a magnificent 2-0 shutout by Billy Sauer and two more points for c'mon-obvious Hobey Baker favorite Kevin Porter, lowest-ranked at-large team Notre Dame sent Spartina packing with a 3-1 victory in the West regional finals to advance to the first Frozen Four in Fighting Irish history. Michigan's trip to Denver is an NCAA record twenty-third Frozen Four appearance. (!)