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John Calipari explains not calling timeout on final play vs. Seton Hall

Well, that was not an ideal start to the weekend. The Kentucky Wildcats fell to the Seton Hall Pirates 84-83 in overtime at Madison Square Garden.

Like most of you, on the final play I sat there wondering, “Why in the world did Calipari not call timeout?” The Cats had two timeouts with less than 10 seconds left after Seton Hall hit a three-pointer to take the lead 84-83. Kentucky came down and did this:

Two timeouts left and that’s the shot Kentucky takes? I was furious. I couldn’t believe it. But John Calipari explained why.