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I thought we were going to win the game. We had it right there, and then all of a sudden there's a turnover, a play, they make a shot, there's a charge here and a charge -- well, a block there, and you know, and all of a sudden it's eight, nine. And it was still, like I told them at six, we're okay.…”
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I thought we were going to win. I went crazy because you got beat on a back door to lose the game?…”
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I thought we were going to win the game. I'm looking at it like, okay, we're in good shape. Let's just keep going. Then you make a couple errors, and then we took a couple bad shots down the stretch when it was a two bucket game. Again, what it was, I'm going to take the easiest shot versus I'm going to make a play where I can get fouled.…”
Below is everything Kentucky head coach John Calipari said following Kentucky's 63-53 loss to UCLA inside Madison Square Garden on Saturday night: Q. What made
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I thought we were going to win the game the whole way until the one or two plays in overtime.
Never entered my mind we weren’t going to win the game….”
A full transcript of everything John Calipari, PJ Washington and Reid Travis said after losing to Auburn in overtime.
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“…We hung in there and gave ourselves a chance and made the baskets coming out at the half. I
thought we were going to win the game. As it wound down and it was a three-point game, they needed more from me. You’re talking all freshmen out there. They needed more from me….”
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“…“I didn’t think we would have that much of a struggle with those guys…What these teams do every year I coach, they’re going to follow my lead. Well, they probably followed my lead.
I thought we were going to win the game, too.”
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“…I thought before the game, I thought during the game,
I thought we were going to win the game. Up with a timeout….”
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How many times did we hear this after a loss? I understand the need to be positive and have a can’t lose attitude, but that’s different than being so arrogant to think even though you haven’t prepared your team for the opponent that you will automatically win.