Comments on: Free Throws Finally Burn Memphis

By: maxsportz

maxsportz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:32:36 +0000

Hate see see Memphis choke away a win. But KU did what was needed to win. BTW how good was Davidson. They took Kansas to the limit. They may not have matched up with UNC or Memphis but I think they were as good as anyone.

By: SpinMax

SpinMax — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:14:29 +0000

I don’t understand why in any basketball game, it’s not standard operating procedure to just foul when up by 3 with time running out. Why does it even have to be discussed? One of the biggest choke jobs ever.

By: Larry Brown

Larry Brown — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:29:50 +0000

You’re right, Calipari said after the game the team was trying to foul, but we can never be sure since he didn’t call a timeout to confirm the plan for the final 10 seconds. If you watch the replays, you can see Derrick Rose raise his arms after contact in the last five seconds as if to show he didn’t want a foul called. I think that proves the coach and players were on different wavelengths.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:25:00 +0000

With such great talent on both sides of the ball, to me, it all comes down to who is best prepared, and we saw that Kansas was. Being prepared lies entirely with the coaching staff. If Caliperi had his team prepared, they would have first known to call a timeout after the 2 free throws, so he could remind them to foul. Even if they didn’t have a timeout to take, they should have known to foul, but they didn’t and the reason is, they had very few close games during the season, so they were in unfamiliar territory. It reminds me of when I was going to school at UNLV in 1991-92. We blew out every team we played by 30 points, so when we found ourselves down by 2 points with the last shot, the players didn’t know what to do. So, bottom line, you can blame the players for missing free throws, but it all comes down to the coach.