This. His biggest regret should have been telling the team to not guard the inbounds pass. Laettener wasn't going to miss those free throws either.All he could have done better is put a man on Grant Hill, making it harder for him to throw that inbound pass.
This makes it almost impossible to have success on the play they setup. That's all that had to happen. Put a guy on the ball.All he could have done better is put a man on Grant Hill, making it harder for him to throw that inbound pass.
Just for fun:
Tim Higgins, Charles Range, and Tom Clark were the refs. Range was the one who called Laettner for the tech but didn't toss him even though it was clearly an unsportsmanlike foul when the ball was dead, which warranted ejection. It was the last UK game Range ever officiated.
I was so stressed during that game that I kept dashing out to my back porch to try to calm down. I'll always feel bad for the UK players and coaches, especially Pitino.