Some thoughts on the epic end of regulation in Kentucky-Santa Clara:
1. Herb Sendek was trying to call time out but the refs didn't see it. This is why I do NOT like the rule allowing coaches to call time out. Do you want refs looking at the bench or the court? That rule went away a few years ago but the coaches wanted it back. Get rid of it!
2. There's still some debate over whether fouling up three is the right strategy, but the evidence is quite clear. Fouling up three with under five seconds to play pretty much doubles your chances of avoiding overtime. No strategy is perfect but it is the right thing to do!
3. That said, it's hard to execute that in a scramble like in this case. Don't always assume the players know how many points they're up in that situation! Lots going on and they're not all totally locked in. Happens more than you think. So the question is what have you practiced for? What's your policy? They need to be properly trained for when the moment comes, whatever you decide.
4. At the end of the day, it was a crazy, halfcourt, banked in shot. Hoop happens! And so Otega Oweh shot himself forever into NCAA Tournament lore. Somewhere Cawood Ledford is smiling!
@aeritaas@JustinMacmahan Clock didn't change in the other two games. Also clock ran .3 sec when Santa Clara made there 3. It human error on both sides so it cancelled out. Time out probably should been called
Oweh caught it and took a full dribble before the clock started running and then “got the shot off” with a couple tenths of a second left. Santa Clara got robbed by the clock operator. Completely illegitimate win by Kentucky
Kentucky has the overwhelming physical advantage in this game and has shot 15 threes in a half. I just don’t think that’s the recipe for success in this one
Defensively I think Kentucky played really well but the Offensive game plan (and missing wide open shots) isn’t working
John Calipari having both an SEC Tournament title AND a trip to the Sweet 16 before the end of Year 2 is enough to make every Kentucky fan puke in their mouth a considerable amount.
@KySportsRadio It’s not crazy to think that, if we beat Iowa St, we will be recreating the scenario last year and trying beat a Tennessee team that we’ve already beaten twice in the conference in the Sweet 16
@KySportsRadio That's why the regular season needs to matter. Winner gets in. Not the team who gets hot for 3 or 4 days. The team who won over the two and half months
Belmont is going to be the first good mid-major out as they are about to lose to Drake in the first round of Missouri Valley Arch Madness
Brutal bc they could have been dangerous as 13 to someone
Kentucky won
That’s what is important. Probably locked up the NCAA tourney berth
Now let’s try not to play on Wednesday in the SEC tourney and beat Vandy
@KySportsRadio Were was this bitching the past 5 games. We came into this game tied for 2 place. Listen I agree even when we won it's not pretty and mark might not be the coach. But it's not time to have this discussion. He over achieved last year. And this year injury bug. He gets one more yr