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Rick Bozich says ‘Calipari the Recruiter’ hurt ‘Calipari the Coach’

John Calipari - photo by Tammie Brown | WildcatWorld.com

– photo by Tammie Brown | WildcatWorld.com

John Calipari delivered a lengthy checklist of what is wrong with his basketball team, the one that backed up its lackluster performance at Notre Dame Thursday with an equally shaky effort against Saturday.

Now the Wildcats have lost back-to-back games in the season's first month for the first time in the Calipari Era – by 14 points to an unranked Notre Dame team and 64-55 to an unranked Baylor team Saturday afternoon in Rupp Arena.

Here is Calipari's list: His guys need more will to win. They get pushed around. They take bad shots. They have not learned to close out games. They don't listen.

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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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