We ought to say something about last night's last semifinal, in which Purdue led at the half, but OU got the win: the Sooners were clearly the stronger, faster (except for FahKara Malone), more skilled team, and nobody should begrudge them their victory.

Courtney P ended up with 19 and 13, and exerted-- in the second half-- the kind of low-post dominance we expect: the game remained competitive because Purdue got, and converted, so many chances to score with the clock stopped. It was a choppy, stop-and-start "game of two halves," in other words. Full Court's Michaelson was right there.