Kentucky/Michigan State Thriller
OK, where to begin. First of all, how did that last-second, double-clutch, desperation 3 go down for Patrick Sparks? UN-FREAKIN-BELIEVABLE. Good call by the officials to count the trey after review (I think we all can now draw the pattern on Sparks' shoes after those tense few minutes of staring at the replay). That shot was straight out of a movie with that crazy bounce, not to mention how Sparks redeemed his missed FT towards the end of regulation. HOWEVER, that Hollywood-feel for Kentucky was destroyed by their coach, Tubby Smith, at the end of the 2nd OT. State was guaranteed 2 FT's if fouled, so why would he call for Rajun Rondo to score a quick 2 with 12 seconds left, cutting the time to 7.1 seconds? After being fouled, State's Alan Andersen hit both, putting Kentucky down 4 again, only now they need to hit a 3, foul again, and hit another shot- all with 7.1 seconds left! In that situation, you need to assume State will hit both when fouled, so you need to go for the 3 to tie instead of trading off 2 points and staying down 4. Bottom line- bad call by a good coach to ruin a storybook ending.
posted by Jay @ 12:06 AM
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2 Comments:
Yea, I agree. Coach Smith was playing like he was glad enough that they had made it to double overtime. The Wildcats did not want to win that game. Simply put: they got outplayed, outskilled, outhustled, and outcoached. Congrats to Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans for playing like a basketball team who wanted to win.
I agree, it was a good one, one of the best in my lifetime. I also think that Michigan State has a good chance of an upset against UNC, especially considering what I thought was a pathetic performance in their come from behind victory against Villanova to reach the elite 8. I say watch out for the Spartans... I would consider them dangerous and very hungry for a title
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