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Calipari to Miller: ‘Why don’t you want to be great?’

Calipari held a post-Auburn press conference today at Joe Craft. He covered a lot of territory to include questions about 's role.  The transcript released by is trimmed up quite a bit.  You'll have to listen to the video to get whole context of the conversation regarding Miller.  Calipari regarding Miller from transcript:  “We like him to be aggressive, come up with balls. Don't have a 6'2 guy on you and keep ball  faking, just go do the stuff we all know you are capable of doing. We've all seen him do it. If he plays tough and is aggressive offensive and defensively then we are really good, if he doesn't then we'll be fine, he just won't play much but we'll be fine. He's capable of being the SEC Tournament MVP, he did it last year. His run at the end of the year is what elevated our team. He's playing fine (this year). I don't like fine or good, that's our enemy. You don't want to be good, try to be great. Do the things you are capable of doing every day in practice and every game. You have to come with the mentality that you are going to work on everything and get better. That's not just for him, that's
for everybody.”

 

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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