Ky +5.5 vs tOSU (ov/un 137.5) Fri 9:45 ET, CBS

[WolverineMike]

I haven't looked at the replay of the last play, and frankly don't really want to, but from what I've heard, if Craft looked to his right he might have been able to hit a trailing Diebs for a great look, but not gonna blame Craft at all

Craft crosses half court with 4.2 seconds left on the clock. Now that i've seen that, I still feel like a TO should have been taken. But that's beside the point. When Buford launches his shot, Lighty, Sullinger, and Deibler were all outside the three point line and hadn't even caught up to the play yet. Lighty is waving and calling for the ball and was wide open. UK all collapsed on Buford and the other four osu players were pretty wide open. It was bang bang though. Tough to go through all the possibilities when the clock is winding down at that point

 

[NFBuck]

Sullinger bunny lol

 

[jwinslow]

Craft crosses half court with 4.2 seconds left on the clock. Now that i've seen that, I still feel like a TO should have been taken. But that's beside the point. When Buford launches his shot, Lighty, Sullinger, and Deibler were all outside the three point line and hadn't even caught up to the play yet. Lighty is waving and calling for the ball and was wide open. UK all collapsed on Buford and the other four osu players were pretty wide open. It was bang bang though. Tough to go through all the possibilities when the clock is winding down at that point

Kentucky had blocked a large number of shots down the stretch. It took a rugby scrum, and him falling, to get Diebler to the top of the key of the previous possession. Forget possessions, they were going multiple minutes without hitting a FG.

Buford got a pretty clean look and missed by a slim margin.

a timeout could have helped, but it's impossible to know which team would benefit.

And claiming four were wide open is a huge stretch. Craft was not open, nor was Sullinger. Diebler would have been contested by harrelson. One player was open and that was lighty which would have required a long cross court pass with little time left and craft was racing down the court too fast to be sure that pass was a safe one.

Besides, I don't want lighty taking that shot over Buford. Lighty is ok outside but generally only when he is wide open. A long, contested three should be taken by Buford or Diebler.

P.s. thanks for making me watch that again.

 

[WolverineMike]

whats done is done.....sorry to keep rehashing it.

 

[Bill Lucas]

whats done is done.....sorry to keep rehashing it.

Can we let it go now? Perhaps you folks up there keep rehashing agonizing moments (God knows you have enough of them over the past few years) but I prefer to live with what actually happened instead of what could have happened. :)

 

[utgrad73]

Can we let it go now? Perhaps you folks up there keep rehashing agonizing moments (God knows you have enough of them over the past few years) but I prefer to live with what actually happened instead of what could have happened. :)

Agreed. It's done and in the books. I loved every moment of basketball this season. We will have just as much fun watching them next year and I prefer to move on than lament over the last game. Go Bucks!

 

[3074326]

all right, then maybe calling a time out wouldn't have been the best choice either. I still would have tried to find Diebs somewhere. He could have Jimmered a three from anywhere.......probably would have had a better shot than what Buford launched.

I believe you meant "he could have Diebler'd a three from anywhere."

 

[LitlBuck]

whats done is done.....sorry to keep rehashing it.

Calipari's strategy worked. Despite good defense by Aaron Craft, Brandon Knight made a jumper to put Kentucky ahead with 5.4 seconds left.

With the season in the balance, Matta then chose not to call a timeout. Craft passed ahead to William Buford, whose three-pointer glanced off the rim. Kentucky's Josh Harrellson swatted the ball away to prevent a put-back, ending Ohio State's season.

"Yeah, I was watching the clock," Matta said in the postgame news conference. "It was 5.4 when it went in, and it was in Aaron's hands and I saw those eyes. He was reading it, and I thought he made a great choice.

"(I thought) we'll get a great look off, and we had enough time to make a play on it (rebounding) if it didn't go in. I loved the shot that (Buford) got."​

Understanding the second-guessing Matta might be getting, Calipari defended him yesterday.

"I know people question, 'Why didn't Thad call a timeout?'" he said. "They got a great look. Now the only thing you could say would be, well, if he called a timeout with three seconds to go, he could have gotten it to (David) Lighty.

"Do you honestly think we would have let Lighty catch the ball? I mean, he got a great look from one of his juniors, who's one of his best three-point shooters, and the kid missed it. And I am very happy he missed it, but he missed it.

"If that shot goes in, Thad is a genius and, if it doesn't, 'Why didn't he (call time)?' Our guy made the shot, so Cal, boy, what a smart move. If he didn't, all the people in Kentucky - the 25,000 coaches that come to our game - would have said, 'He should have called a timeout.' That's coaching. If you win, you did it right. If you lose, you did it wrong."

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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...-rolled-dice-in-final-35-seconds.html?sid=101

 

[Gatorubet]

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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...-rolled-dice-in-final-35-seconds.html?sid=101

The story could be read as looking favorably upon Calipari.

Don't you ever do that again Litl.

 

[SmoovP]

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the 25,000 coaches that come to our game

Hahaha, The Squid takes a shot at Kentucky Fan.

I bet he wouldn't have said that at the end of a loss.

Greasy little cocksucker.