Kansas Vs. Memphis in NCAA Final Tonight

kansas memphis vs

Memphis head coach John Calipari smiles as he answers a question at a news conference at the college basketball Final Four Sunday, April 6, 2008, in San Antonio. Memphis plays Kansas in the championship game on Monday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kansas plays Memphis tonight for the NCAA men’s college basketball championship. It’s once-beaten Memphis against a Kansas team that was able to open a 28-point lead on top-ranked North Carolina Saturday in easily winning its national semifinal. Both teams are athletic, like to push the ball up the court and run at every opportunity.
Memphis guard Derrick Rose had a stomach ailment that forced him to miss Sunday’s media sessions in San Antonio. The freshman sensation received treatment from trainers instead and is expected to play tonight in the national championship game.
By nature, coaching is a business of copycats.
That puts John Calipari on the verge of becoming one of the most mimicked men in his profession.
The “dribble-drive motion” offense he uses is among the hottest things going in hoops these days, and his Memphis Tigers show it to the world for the final time this season in Monday night’s championship game against Kansas.
Calipari calls the creation he borrowed from a relatively unknown high school coach in California, “Princeton on steroids,” a bow to the constant-motion, cut-and-backdoor offense perfected by Pete Carril.
He also calls it “dribble-drive motion,” in part because it sounds good, and also as a nod to the idea it does not rely on pick-setters and post men who clog up the paint and sometimes stifle free-flowing offense.
Some say it’s an extension of the penetrate-and-pass schemes so commonly seen in Europe, where big centers with strong post games are few and far between.
The essence of the offense is to keep the middle clear, give the ball to playmakers on the perimeter and let them penetrate for layups or kick out to guys who come open.

ap.google.com


Tags: , ,

This entry was posted on Monday, April 7th, 2008 at 9:32 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

16 Responses to “Kansas Vs. Memphis in NCAA Final Tonight”

  1. Ermintrude says on April 7th, 2008 at 10:53 am :

    Sorry to hear that, you deserve a new year. Just be safe though.

  2. Kerry says on April 7th, 2008 at 11:43 am :

    I will be one of those “drunk idiots” enjoying the new year–at a pajama party.Want to rethink that post?

  3. Angie says on April 7th, 2008 at 12:34 pm :

    How did you….hey shut up!

  4. Dominica says on April 7th, 2008 at 1:24 pm :

    You can not be a loser if you never won.

  5. Marlon says on April 7th, 2008 at 2:15 pm :

    http://xkcd.com/238/

  6. Ariadne says on April 7th, 2008 at 3:05 pm :

    you too mate happy new year thx !

  7. Merla says on April 7th, 2008 at 3:56 pm :

    Very Seinfeld-esque! I like.

  8. Arron says on April 7th, 2008 at 4:47 pm :

    I’d rather be out with people but I’m home, drinking beer, shinning a UV light around the house, looking for cat pee.There is something wrong with me.

  9. Zavanna says on April 7th, 2008 at 5:37 pm :

    Sorry but no: female, single and spending the night at home with my family.

  10. Gervase says on April 7th, 2008 at 6:28 pm :

    Sorry to hear this. I know it’s terribly hard to go through.

  11. Shan says on April 7th, 2008 at 7:18 pm :

    Upmodded for having a vagina

  12. Coriander says on April 7th, 2008 at 8:09 pm :

    And Mr. Crabs is one HELLUVA boss! (Even if he’s a greedy little bastard!)

  13. Oprah says on April 7th, 2008 at 8:59 pm :

    Niether am I, in fact I become wittier and more attractive to women when I’ve had a few.

  14. Cate says on April 7th, 2008 at 9:50 pm :

    I’ve hired strippers before at my restaurant. Very bad for business. Very good for entertaining the employees and I.Very dumb, very nasty, very easy.I need to add that I did not know they were strippers until after I hired them.They don’t put that on their application and when you own a restaurant, your choices are limited.Yea I hired them to work there. I’ve had over 200 employees in the 20 some years I was in the business. I’ve seen it all.

  15. Manley says on April 7th, 2008 at 10:41 pm :

    Jan 20, 2009.