In the first five minutes of the second half we saw four lead changes. The fight was on.
At this point both teams are sucking from the field.
Kansas has went to a Box-And-One defense that is actually favoring Memphis and Memphis refuses to leave the man on man leaving them vulnerable on the inside.
This is quickly becoming an inside/outside game. Kansas is up 7 in rebounds and 14 points in the paint at the 10:00 point. But Memphis is staying with them with better outside shooting. This might become a shootout.
If it goes down to three point shooting, both teams are sucking with a cumulative 6-22. Yeah, it's that bad. Kansas in particular has a problem from the arc going a whopping 1-9 so far.
Then the Tigers go on a 13-2 run and Kansas is on the ropes with four minutes left.
Kansas closes back to within six at the 1:30 mark.
With :44, Memphis is clinging to a two point lead with the ball.
Memphis is choking at the line missing four of the last five in regulation. And Kansas hits a rare three-pointer with time running out.
We have free basketball. Overtime in a National Championship game; does it get any better?
And Memphis totally choked in overtime.
Kansas kept playing and dominated the Tigers in OT.
It was not a pretty game.
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Billy Packer was lauding th... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jim Addison | April 8, 2008 12:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Billy Packer was lauding the refs for NOT calling a technical on Douglas-Roberts near the end of regulation when he slammed the ball to the floor. He said it "was obvious he was mad at himself for missing the free throws" just a few moments earlier.
I wasn't aware of an exception in rules allowing unsportsmanlike conduct if you are "only mad at yourself." So it was poetic justice when Memphis continued to choke at the line and Kansas tied it up to force overtime, and won in the extra period.
1. Posted by Jim Addison | April 8, 2008 12:50 AM |
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Posted on April 8, 2008 00:50
2. Posted by Tom Blogical | April 9, 2008 9:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jim:
I agree. I said the same thing when it happened.
Danny:
What's your take on Memphis not fouling somebody at the end of regulation with a 3-point lead?
2. Posted by Tom Blogical | April 9, 2008 9:54 PM |
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Posted on April 9, 2008 21:54
3. Posted by Danny Strickland | April 9, 2008 10:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Billy Packer is a hack and always has been. His appaluading a "no call" when it was clearly unsportsmanlike conduct is evidence.
Memphis disolved both in terms of players and coaching at about the 2:09 mark. The players clearly choked and the coaches did nothing to mitigate it.
Fouling with a three point lead that late was so elementarily obvious, that it causes me to wonder if Calipari is for real or just happen to fall into a great bunch of recruits. Think Billy Donovan.
Bottom line is that it was not a great final four.
3. Posted by Danny Strickland | April 9, 2008 10:16 PM |
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Posted on April 9, 2008 22:16