Kentucky played Seton Hall in midtown Manhattan. Madison Square Garden, which is between 33rd and 31st streets, might be billed as “the world’s most famous arena,” but this game should have been on Broadway. It would have gotten rave reviews.
“I guess that was good fun for the fans,” UK Coach John Calipari said afterward. “It wasn’t so good for the losing coach.”
As basketball theatre goes, it would be hard to beat Seton Hall’s 84-83 overtime victory over Kentucky on Saturday. Heroes abounded. Each team delivered and absorbed psychological body blows.
An exchange of clutch shots in the final 1.