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As to luck...I can only quote a friend of mine who was a professional tennis player, "You make your own luck by continuously applying your talent and never giving up". At 7 points down and 2 minutes left, it would have been easy for KU to say...well, we fought a good fight...but they didn't, the just kept coming back at Memphis and created some "luck". It's not like KU came into the tournament with a lousy record and simply "got lucky".
There is almost no difference in KU's 37-3 record and Memphis' 38-2 record. I seriously don't understand the "inferior/superior" team thing. Two great teams played a great game, and in the end, one of them decisively beat the other.
As to punching Memphis in the mouth and putting the hammer down...they certainly did. They dominated the last 2 minutes of the game and they dominated overtime (12 to 5), winning the game by a decisive 7 points.
As to the lottery, that is simply the luck of the draw...there is absolutely no talent to be applied to "playing" the lottery....bad analogy.
Bottom line, once again, Memphis was out played and out coached. Was the tieing 3 pointer a miracle or is it something that was continually practiced to increase the odds of success? I dare say that had the Memphis players and coach put the same emphasis on the importance of free throws, we would not be having this discussion, but they did not...they continuously left an important part of the game out in the parking lot...and it finally caught up with them.