Memphis lost the NCAA Championship game for one reason and that is bad coaching.  How does your team blow a 9 point lead with 2 minutes to go in a championship game?    The stupidest coaching move of all came at the very end of regulation.  Up by 3 points after a made free throw by Memphis with 10 seconds left, Kansas drove down the court and Mario Chammers swished a 3-pointer to tie the game with 2 seconds left and send it to overtime.

What went wrong……..  Why did John Calipari not call a time out after the made free throw to setup Memphis’ defense and discuss strategy?    I clearly expected Bill Self, not John Calipari to do something as stupid as this!!!  I am just appalled by this.  Maybe Calipari should replace Self in my top 3 most overrated college basketball coaches.  STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!

Memphis was completely confused on defense.  There were Memphis players guarding their men inside the 3-point line and right under the basket.  Why???  Who cares if they score 2 points.  All the players should have been around the 3-point area.  Instead, Chammers had a really good look at the basket and made the clutch 3-pointer.

Why did Memphis not foul Kansas and send them to the free throw line?  They would have to make one free throw, then get the rebound on a missed free throw (which rarely happens), then still make a basket to tie.  This should have been discussed in a Memphis timeout. 

 Instead, Kansas Jayhawks bring down the nets.  Memphis goes home losers….  What might have been?  Maybe next year, but I doubt it.  No Derrick Rose, no Joey Dorsey…  good luck!