NCAA Championship Game - Calling Shabi

[PShabi]

Now that I've had some time to think about it and reflect on the game a little, I do have a criticism of Calipari, but not on game management issues down the stretch.

He went away from his philosophy in this game. His style of offense has been pretty well publicized this year (if you're really interested google: Grant Wahl Dribble Drive Motion for an SI.com article about it). In a nutshell: It's about spreading the floor for athletes to have 1 on 1 opportunities to the rim. It's about fast-paced play, frequent substitions, drive and kick 3s. This was all ABSENT from this game. They were walking the ball up after makes when they usually push it. They never set ball screens for Rose this season, they opened up the floor for him to penentrate and score/dish. You heard Billy Packer talking about it during the broadcast.

You win 38 games playing a certain way. You get to the championship game losing one game playing that same way, and then you change it????

There's a saying amongst coaches and it's "Dance with the one that brung ya."