Divide too good into foregone conclusion, and you get two titles

Then they jump on the tables.

Then they run into the stands.

Then they try to cheer up tired reporters.

"Y'all got to smile out there," Brewer said after being named the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player. "Y'all looking kind of sad. We just won the national championship."

Won it for the second time, and in dominating form. So don't let that nine-point final margin confuse you, or the fact that it was a six-point game with five minutes remaining. Those things are misleading because they suggest Ohio State was right there, so close and on the verge of blocking Florida's road to history like it was a hopeless shot from a smaller man.

Truth is, Ohio State wasn't right there or so close or on the verge of anything except finishing with a runner-up trophy to put beside the matching one from football.

The Ohio State University?

More like The Second Place University.

Which is not to suggest the Buckeyes are to blame. There was actually nothing they could do. Despite having the best point guard in the nation in Mike Conley Jr. and best center in the nation in Greg Oden, they stood little chance of winning because they were playing the best team in the nation with the most desirable coach in the nation in Billy Donovan.

(Hi Kentucky fans!)

So when Oden got a dunk, Horford got a layup. And when Conley got a runner, Humphrey got a jumper. Everything Ohio State could do Florida could do better -- particularly in terms of 3-point shooting, where the Buckeyes made 4-of-23 (17.4 percent) attempts while the Gators made 10-of-18 (55.6 percent).

With a frontcourt of first-round NBA picks (Brewer, Noah and Horford) combining for 39 points and 23 rebounds and a backcourt (Green and Humphrey) combining for 30 points -- with 7-of-10 3-point attempts -- and seven assists, there was no way Florida was losing. So the Gators are the first repeat champions since Duke in 1991-92, and the relevance of that was already sinking in not long after Donovan's team left the court together for the final time.

"We sacrificed a lot to have a shot at this, but we did it," Noah said, big smile on face, cell phone full of congratulatory text messages in his hand. "It's over, man. We did it. Can you believe it? We made history."