Well at least a team beat UK’s low score for a half....(ugh 14 points at Vandy??? WTH?)
Calipari is a great coach. I enjoy watching his teams play (except when UMASS beat UK in the regular season in 1996; but I believe that loss was avenged in the tournament!) Douglass Roberts is 10 times the player Tyler Hainsboro is IMO. I was on the edge of my seat the entire Memphis/Tennesse game. I think both teams were so pumped that it contributed to the sloppiness, but it was the best game of the season. Of course I was for the SEC team, but had it gone the other way, I wouldn’t have been surprised.
Sorry I prattle, but I LOVE basketball! My husband says I’m the only person he knows who knows the referees too. (Of course he’d rather watch a movie than sports so luckily we have multiple televisions in the house.)
I live in Memphis. You should hear Coach Cal’s post game shows. He believes in honestly answering, no matter what the question. He’ll tell you that he pulled someone just so that he could yell at them. More recently, when asked why he kept a player in with 2 fouls early, he replied: “He’s been in a bit of a slump. I told him to stay in there and play his game. Don’t force, and take whatever shots he felt like taking. I told him not to worry about passing the ball as much as I normally want him to do.” The player was Dorsey and he ended the game with 12 rebounds and 16 points - quite an improvement over his recent play.