I noticed near the end of regulation, there was a graphic that the Eye in the Sky put up, and two of the three items on that graphic turned out to make, I think, a big difference in the game.
Time outs left
Team fouls committed
Possession arrow.
Remember the play midway through ot. where Kansas just swarmed to the ball under or near the Memphis basket? I knew from seeing it 10 minutes earlier that if Kansas got the ball, they would have the possession arrow. Sure enough...
I wonder if Kansas knew they had the arrow...or would have it...cause they sure swarmed to the ball like a team possessed.
So if I, just an ordinary Bruin fan who really didn’t care at first about tonight’s game, other than wanting the team that beat me to get beat (which happened), could realize from hundreds of miles away that Memphis had 3 TOs, and that Kansas had the arrow...why didn’t Calipari?
Makes me all the more mad at Darren Foulison...
“wanting the team that beat me to get beat”
I’ve always liked the opposite outcome, where the team that knocked mine out goes on to win it all. I first developed this attitude in 1966?, when KU lost to Texas-Western(UTEP), in the last second in a controversial finish, who eventually went on to beat Kentucky in the finals and become cult heroes and movie stars.
And just think what the Davidson fans can now dream about. They only lost to Kansas by 2. Lucky shot or lucky break either way, and they can see that they might be NCAA champs.