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Enjoy from my personal collection of NCAA Tournament games. After getting back from my sister's gymnastics rehearsal, I settled in and watched the second set of games this Friday night. I was happy to see Temple beat Purdue but disappointed that Miami (Ohio) could not keep up its Cinderalla run against Kentucky, the defending national champion. At this time I was tired of Kentucky, which had been to three straight Final Fours, winning two of the last three titles, with two different head coaches, Rick Pitino and Tubby Smith. Years later, I realize how special these Kentucky teams were with Wayne Turner at point guard, Scott Padgett at power forward and many other key contributors. This Kentucky team just knew how to win. Kind of like how it currently is with UCONN, Kentucky had to be overtaken to win a national title back in the mid to late nineties. It was quickly clear that Miami (Ohio), despite having a future first-round pick in Wally Szczerbiak, was nowhere near ready to defeat Kentucky. However, a team lurking in the Elite Eight would be up to the challenge two days later!
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