NCAA Tournament 2015: Title Game Odds, March Madness Bracket Review

History will be made in Monday night's national championship game. It just won't be the history anyone thought coming into Final Four weekend.

Wisconsin's 71-64 victory over Kentucky changed the complexion of the college basketball landscape. No longer will the championship game be about John Calipari's Wildcats establishing themselves among the greatest teams in sports history; that dream is over. Instead, it'll be about Wisconsin trying to capture its first championship in more than seven decades and Mike Krzyzewski furthering his legacy.

Krzyzewski would move into second place alone behind John Wooden on the all-time championships list with a win Monday. The Duke boss has already tied Wooden with 12 Final Four appearances and sits only behind the Wizard of Westwood with title game appearances.

So while Kentucky's ouster took a bit of wind out of the weekend to some, it's created a golden opportunity for others. With that in mind, let's take a look back at the last three weeks and hand out superlatives for the 2015 NCAA tournament.

2015 NCAA Tournament in Review

Best Upset: No. 14 Georgia State over No. 3 Baylor

With apologies to Wisconsin, a No. 1 seed taking down a No. 1 seed does not compare to the classic Thursday ouster. That's especially the case when you have a head coach falling out of his scooter—which he needed after injuring himself celebrating a conference championship—as his son knocks down a shot to send his team to the round of 32.

R.J. Hunter and Ron Hunter are forevermore March legends. They join a shortlist that includes Bryce Drew and Homer Drew as father-and-son combinations that have stolen the show. Georgia State did not quite reach the Sweet 16 heights of Drew's 1998 Valparaiso squad, but R.J. Hunter should join Bryce Drew among mid-major stars who have parlayed their March heroics into a first-round NBA draft choice.

Biggest Disappointment: Kentucky Coming Up Short

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Maybe you spent your Saturday night listening to the Lexington police scanner with a sense of schadenfreude. After all, John Calipari's evil empire of McDonald's All-Americans was taken down by a bunch of 3-star recruits who stayed. It's easy to get lost in the moment, to pretend that Wisconsin is "what college basketball is all about" and Kentucky is some pre-professional day camp for future NBA lottery picks.

I get it. You're entitled to that opinion. That opinion is also wrong.

While we're so lucky to be on this big blue marble, we should always be rooting for history. For moments we'll tell your next of kin about when they've long gotten tired of our stories. About the teams from "back in my day" that made you stand up and applaud their greatness.

This Kentucky squad could have been one of those teams. Equipped with touted prep stars, future NBA All-Stars and even some veterans (kinda), this is the best all-around team John Calipari's had in his career. The Anthony Davis-led champions had a better individual star, but this young Kentucky bunch could have competed with any team in college basketball history.

Left without a rooting interest—thanks for your typical inferiority, Penn State basketball!—I was pulling for history. Not because I love Kentucky, Calipari or even any of the individual players on the team. Just simply for the selfish reason of wanting to say I was alive when college basketball's first (and perhaps only) 40-0 team played.

Wisconsin deserved to win. But a little piece of history went out the window when the clock struck zero.

Best Dunk: Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky

Dude. Not fair. Not fair at all, Willie.

Worst Moment: Goaltending???? GOALTENDING! 

All this time later, I still have no clue whether this was a goaltend. It all depends on which camera angle you choose and your inherent bias regarding the result. Either way, it's one of those moments where you feel awful for everyone involved.

UCLA won a game it never should have on a wild shot that was going nowhere near the basket. SMU choked away what almost certainly would have been a Sweet 16 appearance. Poor Yanick Moreira will probably never live that moment down. The Angolan import cost his team the game in what wound up being his final collegiate contest.

Nothing about that moment felt good or particularly exciting. Plus, selfishly, I had SMU in the Elite Eight. Why can't anything ever work out for ME???

Class Clown: Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin

Wisconsin doesn't play the most exciting brand of basketball. Still, never let it be said this team lacks personality. Hayes' press conferences have more than made up for every 33-second Badgers possession, with his constant teasing and flirting with the NCAA stenographer making his pressers a must-watch.

Most Outstanding Player: Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin

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This award won't be decided until Monday, but Kaminsky is the clear favorite at the moment. The Wisconsin star is averaging 22.2 points and 8.8 rebounds for the tournament and has stepped up in a big way whenever his team has needed him most. He has 49 points in the Badgers' wins over Kentucky and Arizona, all while collecting The Associated Press National Player of the Year award.

“It means a lot,” Kaminsky told reporters. “It’s been a long journey. It wasn’t easy at times. I just believed in the process and believed in myself and also had a lot of people who believed in me. They really pushed me. My teammates really helped me by making me a better player every day in practice. I just got to be thankful to all the people who helped me.”

Kaminsky's biggest help over the last few weeks has come from Sam Dekker, who has a claim to the MOP title himself. Dekker is averaging 20.6 points per contest and has been red-hot from three-point range after a shaky regular season. The Wisconsin native's play has been strong enough that he's back receiving top-20 NBA consideration after falling a bit out of favor.

Also in contention are Duke stars Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow. Okafor's been the Blue Devils' steadying hand all season long, while Winslow has done more for himself in March than perhaps any other player. It'll be interesting to see who the media chooses if Duke comes out ahead.

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