It is, of course, no secret that Kentucky's only regular-season loss came at Indiana. It is no secret that Indiana players and fans celebrated that loss with something approaching revivalist furor, and it is no secret that the game and the court-storming euphoria that followed have been running on a near-endless loop as the play of choice on ESPN's latest awesomely executed Watch ESPN app ad.

Some philosophy espoused by Kentucky coach John Calipari jibes with that of a certain Jedi Master. AP Photo/Robert Spencer

Naturally, this has raised a question: When the No. 1-seeded, highly favored Wildcats take on No. 4 seed Indiana in the Sweet 16 rematch this weekend, will UK be out for revenge? Actually, it's not even a question: Of course Kentucky will want revenge. Coach John Calipari is a competitor, and his players are competitors, and no doubt want to erase whatever sour taste they acquired when they lost in dramatic fashion in Assembly Hall on Dec. 10. Of course they do.

But Calipari isn't quite willing to admit as much. And, in explaining the nature of his team's preparation -- and how keen he is to avoid making his players overtly angry or revenge-minded -- he sounded like he had been spending some time boning up on the "Star Wars" saga. From the Lexington Herald-Leader:

"I don’t ever teach anger," the UK coach told reporters Tuesday. "Because the physiology of that is really close to fear. So if you try to make your team angry, and things don’t go right, it turns to fear within their bodies. So I don’t do it."

Compare that to the classic quote from Jedi Master Yoda in "Episode I: The Phantom Menace," in which he chides young Anakin Skywalker, the future Darth Vader (not to be confused with our podcast producer, Pod Vader):

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."

I'm not sure that quote makes all that much sense, and "The Phantom Menace" is a horrible movie (frankly, Yoda would have been better off advising George Lucas to destroy Jar-Jar Binks and find an actor who wouldn't chew every piece of scenery to play an emotive, whiny Anakin Skywalker in subsequent chapters) ... but, well, you get the idea. You don't want to play basketball angry, or at least too angry, especially if you're the better team. Kentucky is the better team. This makes sense.

An even keel -- an understanding that Indiana is going to come after the Wildcats, and the knowledge that you can get too high or too low along the way -- is probably the best way to advance in the NCAA tournament, especially when you're this talented.

Still, I couldn't help but notice the similarities between Calipari and Yoda. Is Kentucky's coach a closet "Star Wars" fan? Does he play "The Old Republic" in the offseason? Is he an editor of Wookiepedia?

Fan, he probably isn't. Yoda-inspired, he may be. (I am so sorry.)