RealClearSports: This Time, Calipari Wins Last One

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

NEW ORLEANS -- This time, Cal won the last one. This time, Cal won the big one. This time, there would be no missed free throw near the end, no missed chances, no pointed criticism that while John Calipari can recruit and can change jobs, he can't win the game that matters.

Because the game Kentucky won Monday night, beating overmatched but courageous Kansas 67-59, mattered perhaps more than any in which 53-year-old John Calipari had ever been involved.

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RealClearSports: Washington and the West Gain Respect

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- We're all witnesses. Lorenzo Romar said that. After his Washington team upset New Mexico. After he heard Northern Iowa upset Kansas.

After he reminded us in this lunacy of a college basketball tournament "anyone can beat anyone.''

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