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drilling for success, well-done, uconn 2013-14!

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ryan boatright of the connecticut huskies celebrates with a teammate after defeating the kentucky wildcats 60-54 in the ncaa men's final four championship monday night: jamie squire/getty images, from nytimes.com so men's ncaa basketball is over and i better run to bed... argh. here's a few thoughts on the game... the final score wasnt far at all, 60:54 (uconn vs kentucky) for me, the difference between then teams were foul shots: uconn: 10 of 10 (100%) kentuckey: 13 of 24 (54%) thinking that if kentucky DID make front end of one-and-ones, they couldve have more than 24 shots. potentially missed 28 pts from foul shots. kevin ollie's ride to the championship with that legendary 2011 uconn freshmen army really refocused my interest on 'taking care of the small things,' such as nailing those foul shots. his half-time comment was brilliant- something along the lines of 'just staying ahead and keeping that distance.' not cocky, not crazy- c