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Oh To Be A Memphis Fan! | The Free Throw Line | FanBoom Sports Blog Network
How do you let that one slip away? John Calipari has tried to disregard or explain away Memphis’ woes at the free throw line all season. I suppose he will try to do the same thing again, but anyone with any sense of reality knows it can’t be done.
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