re: congratulations kentucky- you kept it close

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Good guard play wins in March/April. One bad shooting day gets you beat. They'll be a really interesting tournament team.

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Pearl teams are entertaining and this one is no exception. What I’m amazed by is their ability to rebound and get to loose balls. Their hustle to the ball and ability to get it despite any size differential is more than impressive. They also appear to use a method not dissimilar to running a slapping, scratching, hacking full court press. You overwhelm the refs who can’t possibly call all of the fouls. They seem to play very chippy on the boards and dare officials to call them. That isn’t a criticism of Auburn as we used the pressing method ourselves when Pitino was here. Just an observation.