Oakland head coach Greg Kampe is happy that his team is matched up against Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
“But if I could have picked a team that we were…I didn’t want to play Iowa State after watching them play Houston, I didn’t want to play Creighton because of their ability to shoot,” Kampe explained in an interview on Tuesday. “I just thought Kentucky was the best matchup for us for a couple reasons.”
He went on to explain why he is glad the Golden Grizzlies landed a battle with the Wildcats.
“One is this is primetime, we get to play at 7 o’clock on CBS with the A-team on the telecast, all of that stuff,” Kampe explained. “That’s what you want when you’re in this, you want your kids to have a chance to be in the spotlight. That was number one. Number two, you got maybe the biggest blue blood of them all. You’ve got a coach that…I think the guy in East Lansing (Tom Izzo) is the best coach in the country, but Cal is right there with him.”
Kampe then explained that Kentucky is a good matchup for his squad because the Wildcats “don’t score in the post.”
“You’ve got all that and then most importantly, they don’t score in the post,” he said. “For a mid-major, that’s an Achilles heels when you play teams that can score in the post. It really affects you defensively.”
You can check out the entire interview here.
