[B]Kentucky head coach John Calipari spoke in Birmingham, Alabama[/B] today to the Monday Morning Quarterback Club.
He did not speak about the Eric Bledsoe situation, but he did make some statements about Duke that has irritated some West Virginia fans.
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Here is an excerpt from the [URL=”http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/09/calipari_speaks_in_birmingham.html”]Birmingham News[/URL]:
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Calipari suggested Kentucky lost to West Virginia in the Elite Eight last season in part because the Wildcats were looking ahead to Duke in the Final Four.
“Do you know how badly we wanted to play Duke?” Calipari said. “I think that’s why we played so badly against West Virginia. We wanted Duke so badly we couldn’t see straight.”
Kentucky shot 4 of 32 on 3-pointers in the loss to West Virginia.
“I’ll be honest,” Calipari said. “I really felt we had the best team, not at the beginning (of last season), but at the end. The one thing we were fearful of is that we’d go on a shooting slump, which was the question about our team from Day 1. But we made shots, we willed shots in. And that game, we went 0 for 20 and I kept saying, ‘We’re going to be alright, and their eyes are like, no we’re not.’”
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