Less than a minute and a half to go in the college basketball championship game and the Memphis Tigers choked on a really big bone. With a final score of 75 to 68, the Kansas Jayhawks ripped victory and a national title right out of the paws of John Calipari's Tiger's.
And it was quite evident that they lost. Walking through the campus today, I could help but notice the hung-low heads of students and faculty from Walker to Central and Patterson to Zach Curlin. Every square inch of the University of memphis campus was littered with dejected students and faculty members. Yet, none of my classes were cancelled damn it! And the campus was only partially full. Many students didn't even show up to class today. And I am sure that most of the instructors didn't even bother to take role in class. Time will heal all wounds and the University and its students and faculty will have to resume life as usual. Mainly because life must go on.
"It will probably hit me like a ton of bricks tomorrow, that we had it in our grasp," Calipari said. "Ten seconds to go, we're thinking we're national champs, all of a sudden a kid makes a shot, and we're not," said the Tiger's head coach.
So, what is next for John Calipari? Most likely, he will return as the head coach for the men's basketball team. He did such a phenomenal job taking the Tigers all the way to the NCAA championship game that I can't imagine that the University of Memphis wouldn't have him back next year to do it all over again. This time with one small difference (we win the game). Calipari is a history-making college basketball coach nevertheless and fans realize that. No one is blaming Calipari for the loss and no one blames the Tiger's players either. Excitement gripped them for a moment and paralyzed their judgment and actions as it would do to any reasonable people.
There is always next year. Go Tigers!
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