Rock-chalk Jayhawk

It's been a few days since the NCAA championship game, but I still had to blog about it. Thats because of 2 reasons. It was one of the best championship game I have ever seen and secondly, it helped me win the bracket! I am more of a pro-guy than a college guy and hence I am neither good nor lucky with the brackets usually. But this year, I went in to the final game all tied and the thrilling Kansas win put me on top.

John Calipari has been defending his team's poor free throw shooting all-season. How ironic that it came back to haunt him at the worst possible time. His team never paid for it's poor performance at the line all-season and actually did much better during the tournament making coach Cal look good with his theories about free throw shooting. But then came the crucial late stretch in the title game and they couldn't hit anything from the line. They let a 8 point lead melt away rather easily in the final minutes. This tiger just could not change it's stripes. On top of that, Cal also seemed to mismanage the last possession on D. With the Jayhawks trailing by 3, he could have just fouled them. Instead Mario Chalmers nailed the 3 and sent the game into OT.

Once it went to OT, you know it was over. Memphis had come from ahead to tie and it was only a matter of time before they lost. A crushing game for Cal and Memphis. I wouldn't be surprised if Coach Cal still has trouble sleeping after this loss. The winning coach, Bill Self, is the biggest beneficiary of this game. No more questions about him and he has done something that even Roy Williams couldn't do in Lawrence. Speaking of Roy Williams, not sure how the NC fans view him wearing a Kansas patch to the game. That was definitely weird. It would have been half-way acceptable if he had not lost to them in the semi-final game. Back to Self. Oki state was already coming hard after him with a tonne of money and he should now feel like he is on top of the World. He did say "NO" to Oki state, but he is expecting Kansas fans will embrace him completely now.