Yahoo's 2nd Biggest Upset In NCAA Tourney During 2000's (And Dwayne Wade Trivia)
by FortyYearCatFan on Dec 1, 2009 10:23 PM EST
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2. No. 3 Marquette over No. 1 Kentucky, regional final, 2003
The 2003 tournament was about Kentucky, Arizona and everyone else. There was such little doubt about this that the pre-tourney chatter all focused on how unfair it was that the top two teams in the country would have to play in a regional semifinal (the ranking of No. 1 seeds began a year later because of this). So, of course, neither made it to the Final Four. Kentucky was riding a 23-game win streak before running into Dwyane Wade's Marquette team. The future NBA star's legend began that evening, as he dropped the fifth triple-double in NCAA tournament history (29/11/11). In retrospect it doesn't look like much of an upset. At the time, it was seismic. Kentucky's road to the title was never supposed to be in doubt. (A side note: Amazingly, Wade didn't make the all-tournament team.)
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2003 team was 32-4 (19-0 versus SEC) and #1 in the nation.
2004 team missed Bogans and Estill from 03 squad.
by FortyYearCatFan on Dec 2, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
Bogans was playing so well,
and him getting hurt certainly played a big part in that game against Marquette.
no question...
to me, that is the biggest “if” of tubby’s tenure…
what would have happened “if” bogans did not get hurt.
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Dec 3, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
Both Marquette (2003) And UAB (2004) Were Pounded By Kansas In Very Next Games
Both were by 30 pt margins (or nearly so).
I was staying at a hotel on Nicholasville Road that weekend,
on a visit to UK’s campus. I think that was the weekend I ultimately settled on UK for my undergrad.
I can't believe I was still in high school during that game.
My Dad always says…if Bogans hadn’t hurt his ankle, we’d have won it all that year.
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