[CatDawg]

I disagree with what you are saying! He was out of the game based on an injury not because he was going to the NBA! That is crazy! Yes maybe he could have played that game but no way was he 100%! That team was built around him and you know it! That was the reason that they lost! It was a good game without him but UK needed him to get the title that year!

That would be reinjured not injured!

Yes he was ready to play and he did have the NBA camp coming up. I think I still have a copy of the article when Pitino made the comment that he should have played him. He stated something to the fact that he was ready to play but that he was just afraid to let him because he could be risking his NBA career. On second thought I'm not sure if he entered to shoot the free throws or not I know at the time they started to but now thinking about it not sure if he did or not. I'll have to break my game tape out and watch. But he was ready to play and that is fact. The team was built around him but they did find the entire time he was getting healthy.