by Morris Phillips

On Saturday after the loss to Wisconsin 71-64 Kentucky’s Andrew Harrison said a racial slur in an open mic during the post game press conference when a question was asked about Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky. Harrison later called Kaminsky and apologized for the slur and said he apologized “for my poor choice words used in jest towards a player I respect and know, when I realized how this could be perceived I immediately called Frank to apologize to let him know I didn’t mean any disrespect.” Harrison also wished Kaminsky good luck in the championship versus Duke on Monday night.

Harrison’s hope is that everybody can move on, it’s interesting how he was the go to guy throughout the season that the university would send out to talk to the media and sure enough that’s why he’s there or else Kentucky would ask somebody else to get up and talk after a loss like that. Those stand up players are hard to find so hopefully he’ll learn from this and we all can move on.

Monday Night NCAA Championship: The game coming up between Wisconsin and Duke is expected to be very physical in the paint and this year in college basketball the large and big player has been the force and that hasn’t always been the case. Three of the four semi finalists have had seven footers as their centers.

Monday night senior Kaminsky will match up at seven foot with Duke’s seven foot center Marshall Plumlee, they probably won’t be guarding each other that would lead for them to get into foul trouble but the match up is tantalizing for all the fans out there that want to see the game. What is going to come down to with the guards from Wisconsin and Duke withstanding the challenge and which ones will cause some problems.

Wisconsin as a team is so good defensively with defensive rebounds and not putting themselves in a bad situation in games and the question is can they do it one more time? For Duke that will be the question, can they keep the guards in front of them? Can Duke facilitate in terms of what they’ve been doing all season? These questions and more will be answered in the Final Four Championship Monday night.

Morris Phillips has covered NCAA College basketball all season for http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to his podcast below