UConn may be heavily favored, but watch out for this team............

N.C. State.

They just happen to be back in the Final Four for the first time in just over 40 years.....1983, to be precise.

Georgia fans remember 1983 well....very well. UGA's first and only FF occurred when the Dawgs upset the UNC Tarheels after beating the St. John's Redmen for the Regional Final.

The Dawgs joined three other schools: the top-ranked and high-powered "Phi Slamma Jamma" group of Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals and.........the N.C. State Wolfpack.

This year's UConn group is eerily similar to that '83 Houston squad....dominant and over-powering, albeit in somewhat different ways. Nevertheless, the Cougars knocked out Louisville with ease and N.C. State and Georgia scrapped and tusseled before the Wolfpack pulled out the win.

Houston was forecast to wipe NCSU off the map.....but, it didn't happen. NCSU's strategy was pure genius. At the closing second of the game, NCSU had a slam-dunk of its own at the Cougar's expense and in a HUGE upset, defeated Houston, 54-52. UNBELIEVABLE.

UConn should win this year's title again, but don't count out N.C. State. They have a history of doing this. They did it back in 1974 when they upset the mighty 7-time in-a-row national champion UCLA Bruins in a comeback win in overtime in that year's FF semi-final, 80-77. They went on to win the national championship.

UCLA and Houston know all about N.C. State. They be dangerous. They also have a player that can adequately deal with UConn's 7'2" monster center. He may not be as tall, but he's built like a football player and he's GOOD. He's got muscle. It'll be interesting to watch this matchup.

I'm going with history here. I'm going with the N.C. State Wolfpack over Purdue and in a surprise (maybe not so surprising), the whole enchilada, whether it be UConn or Bama (UConn 99% sure).

GO STATE!!