Kentucky's NCAA Tournament win leaves Jamal Mashburn unimpressed; Where's Cinderella?
Otega Oweh lifted Kentucky into the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and still, Jamal Mashburn wasn't impressed. And where are the Cinderellas?
Follow all of Saturday's NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports' live updates . Otega Oweh single-handedly kept his coach from facing a scorching hot seat. And, still, Jamal Mashburn wasn’t impressed.
If you listened to Mashburn’s postgame studio monologue, you would have thought Kentucky lost to Santa Clara. It didn’t. Thanks to Oweh’s 35 points , including a buzzer-beating bucket to send the game to overtime , the Wildcats prevailed against the 10th-seeded Broncos.
But, Mashburn spoke for Big Blue Nation when he said Kentucky is supposed to beat Santa Clara, especially with its pricey roster. Merely advancing to the second round won’t be enough to meet Kentucky’s standard. “It's not an expectation to get to the tournament,” Mashburn said in the TNT studio.
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