The concern most fans had going into this game was that George Mason shoots threes both frequently, and well. And sure enough, the Patriots took well over half their shots from three, and made 41% of them. But while threes can be the great equalizer, they aren't everything, as Kansas showed in Saturday's 76-67 victory.
Still, this game was, start to finish, closer then it probably should have been. The Jayhawks were without Remy Martin, which was a setback in itself, but the team still clearly had enough of a talent advantage to make this game a bit less dramatic than it was.