Pittsburgh and Villanova gave the tournament a signature game, Michigan State gives the Final Four a “home” team, and the top teams from the preseason maintain that status.
The Game of the Tournament
This year’s March Madness has been a little light on the “Mad” — the biggest “Cinderella” was a 12-seeded Pac 10 team that has made the tournament every year for the last quarter century. But Pittsburgh and Villanova did their level best to bring back the drama with an epic East Regional Final.
via 2009 NCAA Tournament: Elite Eight Recap.
