The Breakdown of a Great Gillispie and Lobo Chessmatch

I stand corrected today as Patterson said that there was no ligament damage to his finger.  It has been jammed to heck and is swollen.  I had a friend who got a jammed finger, it still is not right; looks like a goiter on his pinky.  So here is a deeper analysis of the damage received and given.

The Tigers shot the exact same percentage from the 3-point line as the Cats, but they made twice as many.  They had 5 players hit from beyond the arc...we had just one, Jodie Meeks.  The reasons are two-fold (at least): 1.  The underdog mentality releases the pressure and nervousness from shooters and they know that they can just let loose.  What do they have to lose?  If they lose, well, they were supposed to...and if they win, well, then they played a great game.  2.  The game plan was to unleash the Beast Master (Patrick Patterson, see the post "Billy G.'s Amazing Act) and subdue the Tigers.  It worked.  Now the game plan for the Tigers was to make Jodie and Patrick beat them...and they did just that.  It was a great plan, but it was foiled by great execution on Kentucky's part.

The comparisons of the Tigers and the Wildcats ends right there, we dominated every aspect of the game:  Rebound 42-22, Field goal percentages 52.5%-38.8, Free Throw Percentages 81.3%-31.3%.  Another stat that is in credible is that the Cats only committed six fouls (that had a reward of shooting free throws), compared to 32 for the Wildcats.  Patrick, Jodie, Ramon and Perry just ventured into the lane on a mission.  I thought that Patterson was going to foul out the entire Tiger team by the end of the game.  

Interesting that Patrick and Jodie had identical FG, how's that for diversity?