(4) Kentucky vs. (3) Connecticut - 8:49 ET on CBS

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#181
Going into the Final Four, I had the #1 bracket out of over 1,000 entries in the Tennessean.com contest. Thanks to Kentucky, it all just blew up. One more reason to hate Kentucky I suppose.
 
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kbutler said:
Going into the Final Four, I had the #1 bracket out of over 1,000 entries in the Tennessean.com contest. Thanks to Kentucky, it all just blew up. One more reason to hate Kentucky I suppose.
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No need to have any more reasons to hate Kentucky.
 
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VOLinthaATL said:
Hilarious that UT fans here celebrate like it's a UT victory. I wonder if the team feels the same way on their couches?
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It has nothing to do with UT. Kentucky basketball and their insufferable fans can suck a fat one. Adding Calipari to the mix makes it as delicious as North Korea and Iran losing simultaneously.

(Apologies to the handful of good Wildcat posters on this board. Your brethren have poisoned the well.)
 
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#184
I think the biggest factor in this game was fatigue, and obviously horrible foul shooting. Just wasn't meant to be for a team that IMO over acheived. With Lamb, Liggins and Miller for certain coming back next year with the 2011 class, I'm more than excited. It was a helluva run, now time to focus on the Reds and BoSox.

Go Butler.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
I think the biggest factor in this game was fatigue, and obviously horrible foul shooting. Just wasn't meant to be for a team that IMO over acheived. With Lamb, Liggins and Miller for certain coming back next year with the 2011 class, I'm more than excited. It was a helluva run, now time to focus on the Reds and BoSox.

Go Butler.
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SUCK IT.



You're good people, I just revel in the fact that Kentucky lost.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
I think the biggest factor in this game was fatigue, and obviously horrible foul shooting. Just wasn't meant to be for a team that IMO over acheived. With Lamb, Liggins and Miller for certain coming back next year with the 2011 class, I'm more than excited. It was a helluva run, now time to focus on the Reds and BoSox.

Go Butler.
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I was cooking on the grill for the family and came in during the last five minutes of the game and the announcers said what the percentage was from the line and I told my grandson you can't win a big game missing that many free throws. Cal's teams are known for poor free throw shooting. Why is that?
 
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hmanvolfan said:
I was cooking on the grill for the family and came in during the last five minutes of the game and the announcers said what the percentage was from the line and I told my grandson you can't win a big game missing that many free throws. Cal's teams are known for poor free throw shooting. Why is that?
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In the past, can't explain it. Tonight, it was T. Jones once again. A few more guys missed one, but out of the 4-12 he was 0-6. One was a crucial 1 and 1, which would have probably turned the momentum completely around with a 1 point lead, instead we go back down and never see the light of day.
 
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lylsmorr said:
SUCK IT.



You're good people, I just revel in the fact that Kentucky lost.
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Tis' ok. I sometimes revel in the fact that good people like yourself have to search outwardly to other programs to find something to revel about, you darn revelererer you.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
I was cooking on the grill for the family and came in during the last five minutes of the game and the announcers said what the percentage was from the line and I told my grandson you can't win a big game missing that many free throws. Cal's teams are known for poor free throw shooting. Why is that?
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Outstanding question. I would guess that this is mostly projection based on the fact that Calipari had one horrible-FT-shooting team that actually lost a championship because of their inability to hit FTs. Outside of that, have his teams in general been any worse at FT shooting than anybody else's?

If so, then maybe it's because he recruits talent-heavy, WW Wes guys who are fantastic ballers but maybe don't think they have to work so hard on boring stuff like FT shooting. But I would actually have to see some stats indicating that, year after year, Calipari teams are worse FT shooters than average for me to go to an auxiliary hypothesis like that. I would bet that there's nothing there, there.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Outstanding question. I would guess that this is mostly projection based on the fact that Calipari had one horrible-FT-shooting team that actually lost a championship because of their inability to hit FTs. Outside of that, have his teams in general been any worse at FT shooting than anybody else's?

If so, then maybe it's because he recruits talent-heavy, WW Wes guys who are fantastic ballers but maybe don't think they have to work so hard on boring stuff like FT shooting. But I would actually have to see some stats indicating that, year after year, Calipari teams are worse FT shooters than average for me to go to an auxiliary hypothesis like that. I would bet that there's nothing there, there.
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I was curious too, so I did the research. Turns out this season was his best, but it appears there is more to it than you might have thought. (That goes for me too)

2005-2006- 68.2% /ranked 205th D1 (Memphis)

2006-2007- 62.2% /ranked 322nd D1 (Memphis)

2007-2008- 61.4% /ranked 328th D1 (Memphis)

2008-2009- 69% /ranked 168th D1 (Memphis)

2009-2010- 66.8% /ranked 242nd D1 (Kentucky)

2010-2011- 71% /ranked 107th D1 (Kentucky)



This site is great, if you have other stuff to look up.

Kentucky Wildcats Team Stats - College Basketball - StatSheet.com
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Outstanding question. I would guess that this is mostly projection based on the fact that Calipari had one horrible-FT-shooting team that actually lost a championship because of their inability to hit FTs. Outside of that, have his teams in general been any worse at FT shooting than anybody else's?

If so, then maybe it's because he recruits talent-heavy, WW Wes guys who are fantastic ballers but maybe don't think they have to work so hard on boring stuff like FT shooting. But I would actually have to see some stats indicating that, year after year, Calipari teams are worse FT shooters than average for me to go to an auxiliary hypothesis like that. I would bet that there's nothing there, there.
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The last year before all of the teams bailed out of CUSA for the Big East, Memphis played Louisville in the tournament championship game. The game came down to the point guard, Darius Washington, being fouled shooting a three point shot with no time on the clock. The Tigers only shot at the big dance was to win the tournament title. They were behind by two points so naturally making all three free throws got them in the dance and making at least two sent the game into overtime. Dude missed all three free throws and the rest is history.
 
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#195
#195
Not to mention they would've won the title in '08 if they hadn't missed critical free throws down the stretch.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
I was curious too, so I did the research. Turns out this season was his best, but it appears there is more to it than you might have thought. (That goes for me too)

2005-2006- 68.2% /ranked 205th D1 (Memphis)

2006-2007- 62.2% /ranked 322nd D1 (Memphis)

2007-2008- 61.4% /ranked 328th D1 (Memphis)

2008-2009- 69% /ranked 168th D1 (Memphis)

2009-2010- 66.8% /ranked 242nd D1 (Kentucky)

2010-2011- 71% /ranked 107th D1 (Kentucky)



This site is great, if you have other stuff to look up.

Kentucky Wildcats Team Stats - College Basketball - StatSheet.com
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Cal has said before that he looks at 4 things when decided to recruit a kid and FT's is not one of them. Maybe he should add it to the list.
 
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