This week we ruminate on good teams getting their butt's kicked, another tragic season-ending loss for Duke, a mammoth semifinal matchup between Arizona and Michigan, and all chalk in the women's Final Four.

We also review the Alabama basketball season, discuss how successful it was, what defines success for the program these days, and what it'll take for Nate Oats' squad to leap to the next level. On the women's side, another close loss in the round of 32 was made worse with the news that we lost coach Kristy Curry to USF and what that means going forward.

There's also a little NBA and MLB talk in there.

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