Guess Memphis Should've Practiced Free Throws

After having a national championship in their grasp, the Memphis Tigers choked away the game last night by missing 4 of their last 5 free throws and allowing Kansas to tie the game with 2 seconds remaining.

It brings a little tear to this blogger's eye to think that a blowhard like John Calipari may just finally get whats coming to him. He claimed for months that Memphis's free throw percentage (last in the NCAA) wasn't an issue because, in his words, "we're not supposed to win because of free throws. Its my job to beat you by 20." Sorry, John, but that shit only flies in the Conference USA.

Memphis finally met up with an opponent with a great defensive gameplan, who shut down Derrick Rose for 3/4 of the game, and kept it close to the end. A team without fundamentals (or morals, for that matter) will never win a close game at the end, and last night proved it. But Cal shouldn't worry too much: I hear he's there are some pretty good prospects in the Shelby County Correctional Facility that are chomping at the bit to play for him next year.