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Message: [QUOTE="JeffConn, post: 4228809, member: 11822"] I believe it was during the 2004 NCAA Final Four rematch that K admitted to Calhoun and the media that their teams' history trajectories might have been different if Tate George had secured that loose ball near the end of the game in that 1999 Christian Laitner deflater. With the time running out in that game, all Tate needed to do was push the ball further down the court away from Duke's basket and let the time run out. It took 9 more years and more deflating losses in the Great 8 (against Florida, Mississippi State and UCLA) for UConn to finally reach the Final Four. In that 1999 Great 8 resurrecting game against Gonzaga, Kevin Freeman had the presence of mind to grab the ball and throw it high in the air (keeping it away from Gonzaga players) to let the clock run out. After that, the pressure was off and Calhoun's teams went on to win 3 of the 4 (75%) Final Fours we participated in - a better winning percentage than what K has done with all of his 5-star recruits of privilege. While its understandable that K was upset about the momentous loss in his final home game to arch rival UNC, I was surprised at the lack of sportsmanship displayed. First by his assistant coaches snubbing Hubert Davis in the hand-shake like and then by K not openly congratulating Davis and UNC players for their play in his farewell speech at Cameron. Duke's defense may have uncharacteristically broken down late in the second half, but North Carolina came out and won that game. K benefitted from that rivalry over years and he could have acknowledged it. [/QUOTE]

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