With the 2015 NCAA tournament in our rearview mirror and the college basketball season fully behind us, it is time to put the season and its achievements, failures, positives and shortcomings into proper perspective. And there is no better person to undertake that challenge than The Bilastrator himself. As always, you're welcome.
The season began with the gift of The Bilastrator's 2014-15 College Basketball Opus, which was the equivalent of Nostradamus taking the DeLorean far into the future, securing the Sports Almanac, then traveling back to October 2014 to tell all exactly what would happen in the coming months. Here are some of the many highlights from The Opus:
• The Bilastrator told all that the four national championship favorites would be Kentucky, Wisconsin, Duke and Arizona. All but Arizona reached the Final Four, and only the Selection Committee's failure to separate Wisconsin and Arizona in the bracket kept all four from a dreamy Final Four in Indy. But the committee failed to consult The Bilastrator or read The Opus. For shame, committee members, for shame.