Final Four 2012 Schedule: Breaking Down Each Team's Biggest Weakness

There's one lesson that holds true each and every time the NCAA tournament comes around:

Anybody can be beaten.

The fact that there's only one No. 1 seed in the Final Four proves the point pretty well. The Louisville Cardinals have been proving the point for close to a month at this point. Both Ohio State and Kansas made it to the Final Four by knocking off No. 1 seeds.

And so on. 

The reason any team can be beaten, of course, is because no team is perfect. Every team has at least one weakness, and that includes the teams in the Final Four.

Here's a rundown of each team's biggest, most glaring weakness.

No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 1 Kentucky (Saturday at 6:09 p.m. ET)

Louisville: No go-to scorer

I'll preface this by pointing out that the Cardinals aren't exactly an offense-first basketball team. They don't succeed because they run up the score. They succeed because they excel at keeping their opponents from running up the score.

Louisville has gotten the better of some pretty good offensive teams to this point in the tournament, most notably Michigan State and Florida. However, getting the better of Kentucky will not be easy. We think of the Wildcats as a defensive juggernaut, but they can put the ball in the basket better than any team still standing in the tournament.

If Kentucky is able to withstand Louisville's tough defense, somebody will have to step up for the Cardinals on the offensive end of the floor.

As for who that would be, well, your guess is as good as mine. Louisville does not have an elite scorer who can take over in a given game. For that matter, the Cardinals don't even have an elite shooting threat.

Absent a top-notch scorer, Louisville will have to get by against Kentucky using smoke and mirrors on offense. Odds are that's not going to work, so the Cardinals have no choice but to hope that the Wildcats have a bad day on offense.

Kentucky: Inexperience

Kentucky has just about everything you could possibly ask for in a basketball team. The Wildcats have talent up and down their roster, and they're led by a head coach in John Calipari, who, let's face it, doesn't get the credit he deserves as a coach.

But one thing the Wildcats don't have is a wealth of players who have been there and done that before in the NCAA tournament. Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky's two best players, are both freshmen. So is Marquis Teague. Doron Lamb and Terrence Jones are only sophomores.

Kentucky's collective inexperience hasn't been an issue to this point in the tournament, or all season for that matter. The Wildcats have been able to use their talent to bully the opposition, and you have to give them credit for looking like anything but a youthful team.

However, Louisville is a team perfectly suited to the task of making Kentucky look like a young, inexperienced team. Rick Pitino is going to throw everything he has at the Wildcats, especially on the defensive front. It's possible that the Wildcats could break down and be easily routed.

This is unlikely, mind you, but definitely possible.

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Kansas (Saturday at 8:49 p.m. ET)

Ohio State: Backcourt scoring

Right now, you better believe that the Buckeyes are a very dangerous team. They're playing the best basketball they've played all season.

There's admittedly not much to complain about when it comes to Ohio State, but one thing that does stand out is its backcourt's lack of ability to put points on the board.

We know for a fact that offense is not Aaron Craft's specialty. He's an outstanding defensive player and a good assist artist, but it's generally not his job to put the ball in the basket. Given the scorers around him, he often times doesn't have to.

William Buford is different. He is a scorer. Or at least, he's supposed to be. It depends on what kind of day he's having.

On a good day, Buford will score 15 points and knock down enough shots to make life easier for Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas. On a bad day, Buford will constantly misfire with his shots, allowing teams to play off him to focus on Sullinger and Thomas.

So in the event that both Craft and Buford start struggling on the offensive end of the floor, things are going to be awfully interesting. The Buckeyes would still be able to beat Kansas, but it wouldn't be easy.

Kansas: Tyshawn Taylor

Wait a second; isn't Tyshawn Taylor one of Kansas' best players?

Yes he is. But on a bad day, he can also be this Jayhawks team's Achilles heel.

More often than not, Taylor is a very good player. He averaged better than 17 points per game in the regular season, not to mention 4.8 assists per game. He's heading into Saturday's game against Ohio State fresh off a very good game against North Carolina.

But every once in a while, Taylor completely falls flat. He did just that against NC State in the Sweet 16, scoring just six points on 2-of-14 shooting with five turnovers. He wasn't too great against Ohio State way back in December either, scoring nine points and committing seven turnovers.

It's also worth noting that Taylor has yet to hit a three-pointer in the tournament, which is a concern.

Taylor will spend the bulk of Saturday's game matched up against Craft, and that should be a scary thought for Jayhawks fans. Craft is just the kind of guy who can exploit Taylor's turnover problems.

Kansas will need both Taylor and Thomas Robinson to be clicking on all cylinders in order to beat Ohio State. Robinson can be trusted to produce, but Taylor cannot.