I have only watched about 40 percent of the two UConn games. Can't stand anything about that program except Kevin Ollie. The first game I never even saw Brandon Knight's three at the end. Once they went up by four I switched channels. I don't think I have seen the last 10 seconds of any Kentucky tournament defeat except Laettner.
But having said that, free throws were the main reason we lost both games. UConn made almost all of theirs. We missed several. Both margins were the difference in the game. You have to convert those free points. For one, two points at the line count just as much on the board as a dunk or an amazing assist inside. For another, that lead you have earned looks awful tenuous when you have more than one guy on the floor who want no part of being fouled. Suddenly the other team has hope. Hope they shouldn't have because you make your free throws.