Kentucky Sports Radio
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[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
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Kentucky cruised to a Sweet Sixteen birth tonight with a victory over the Iowa State Royce Whites. Kentucky was far and away the better team on the floor and proved that down the stretch. The length and athleticism was just too much for the Cyclones to handle and the Wildcats will roll on down to Catlanta for a revenge match with the Hoosiers. I have a feeling that will not be pretty.
– Marquis Teague was incredible, scoring 24 and dishing out seven assists, en route to an all-around flawless game at the point. He played close to; if not the best game he has had all year. A few untimely shots early only led him to finding a groove. If Teague is hitting his stride right now, that’s going to make this run that much easier for Kentucky.
– Doron Lamb battled foul trouble throughout game, but still managed to knock down a season-high FIVE three’s.
– Terrence Jones had the primary duty guarding Royce White, and to his credit that’s not an easy task for anyone. Things got a little chippy and a lot of off-ball pushing and shoving went uncalled. In the end Jones was the victor, but not before White put up 23. But it wasn’t nearly enough.
– To get an idea of how one-sided Iowa State is, Royce White was the Cyclones leader in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. He could have been incredible in Coach Calipari’s system. But meh, who cares.
– One last thing on White: He could be the best big man, or at least the most diverse big man the Cats have seen all season. Tyler Zeller, Cody Zeller and Jon Henson are up there, but White went off.
– Michael Kidd-Gilchrist continues to be quiet on the offensive side of the ball with only four shot attempts. Kidd-Gilchrist tallied a mere two points tonight, but he did contribute with seven boards. Of course the Cats don’t need everyone scoring, but it seems like Kidd-Gilchrist is leaving a lot of points out on the floor. Don’t take it the wrong way: he’s the glue guy, bringing everyone together. MKG is a vital piece to this team, keep it up big guy.
– Anthony Davis played all 40 minutes of this one, and he made the most of it. 15 points and 12 rebounds against a team who denied him the lane any chance they had. It was a theme in the first half – isolate Davis away from the basket and force Kentucky to shoot a three. A common game plan to beat the Cats, but fortunately for Kentucky they were the hitting shots.
– And boy, oh boy. Were they hitting shots: 10-of-20 from deep was the Cats, compared to the “better shooting” Iowa State team, only 3-of-22. That’s a lot of point’s right there.
– Doron Lamb wasn’t the only hot hand from behind the arc, Darius Miller knocked down three deep balls; a great sign for Miller who had made only two of his last 14 attempts.
– The final score doesn’t quite reflect the huge margin Kentucky had, and how easily that could have been extended. Kentucky held a lead as large as 24 points, and visibly backed off to coast in the last five minutes of the game. Keep the throttle down and the 16-point win could have been 36.
– There was lots of buzz after the game at how great the crowd was at the Yum! Center, and how smoothly the games went. Hats off to not only Big Blue Nation for coming out and being loud, but also the arena staff for welcoming us in. Whether you’re a Louisville fan or not, Matt Jones said it well, the Yum! Center is the gold standard for basketball arenas.
Sup, Indiana? You want some?
– With the win, a rematch with the Indiana Hoosiers awaits in the Sweet Sixteen. They escaped a scare against Shaka Smart and the Virginia Commonwealth Rams, who had a shot at the buzzer to win the game. As much as I can’t wait for the Cats to pummel the Hoosiers, it would have been hilarious to see their season end on a buzzer beater.
– Coach Calipari has told us all about how the team sees the ESPN commercial replaying the Christian Watford shot. That’s all the motivation you need right there. How often does a team have a chance to enact payback on a team in the same season? This is an incredible opportunity for the Kentucky players, and I think every Indiana fan is terrified.
Two down, four to go. Hoosiers, you have no idea what’s coming.
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March 18th, 2012 at 12:18 am
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:20 am
Congrats to the Cards job also well done I give credit were its due!
March 18th, 2012 at 12:21 am
Most Hoosiers are probably too stupid to be nervous but they damn well should be. They have an ass whoopin coming to them that they will never forget.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:23 am
Still shooting to many threes….gonna lose soon unfortunately. Freshman cant get it done like that!!
March 18th, 2012 at 12:25 am
Get some!!!!!!!!
March 18th, 2012 at 12:25 am
* White also leads the team in felony arrests.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:27 am
White is the best big man UK has faced all season. Hands down.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:27 am
Hey 4, it’s too, not to in that context. And eat a bag of dicks, too.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:27 am
Hmmm….UMass in 1996?
March 18th, 2012 at 12:28 am
what time is the game gonna be?
March 18th, 2012 at 12:28 am
UK should & better win, at least for my sake. I live in Indiana and all you hear is about how they beat Kentucky and they are now mouthing, “Lookout Ky, we are on the way and you don’t want us again”. I want a complete dismantling of Indiana. It has to happen.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:29 am
#4, you can’t shoot too many 3′s when you’re making 50% of them…
March 18th, 2012 at 12:29 am
Could get nasty for IU.Don’t think we will ease up the last 5 min against them.Should be a big margin
March 18th, 2012 at 12:30 am
I’m serious when I say UK by 24. Next up, Baylor.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:31 am
Come on, man. For plural form, just add an “s”.
Good read, otherwise.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:32 am
(14) I like your point margin !
March 18th, 2012 at 12:33 am
Also, it’s “berth”, not “birth”.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:33 am
Agree #12 I don’t like when they settle for a 3 when they could get e easier shot. If they are going like that by all means shot them.The key isn’t how many they shot but whose shooting them
March 18th, 2012 at 12:34 am
You take what they give you. Kentucky was getting wide on the lanes and had many open looks at the 3. That’s what Davis and Jones do for you. They were so concerned about keeping Davis from getting lobs they let our shooters shoot uncontested. Bottom line great game. We tamed the beast on what I would say will be the best big man we will see in this tournament honestly. Look out Indiana your about to see just how good Kentucky truly is. Go Big Blue !!
March 18th, 2012 at 12:36 am
Oooohhh HOO HOO, wheeeeerrre aaarrrreeeee yoooooouuuuuu?
March 18th, 2012 at 12:38 am
We got to do the same thing in 96 against UMass, avenging our only in season loss in the tournament on the way to winning it all.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:40 am
Davis leads us in points, rebounds, steals and blocks. That doesn’t make us one sided. Just sayin’. CATS
March 18th, 2012 at 12:42 am
Wish Knight and Digger had to call the game.Bet it would break their harts.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:42 am
Darius was a stud tonight. Big shot after big shot. Glad he’s back and hope he plays this way the rest of ge tourney. Be a nice way to end his senior year, no?
March 18th, 2012 at 12:42 am
I have tickets to the Atlanta games. Not great ones, but tickets.
Can’t wait to see the boys in person.
They looked great tonight. Watched a lot of good teams get beat over the last couple of days and a lot of games that were absolute battles, settled by last-second shots.
Got nervous, asking myself, “Are we really that good? Because we’ve made most games look easy this year.”
And tonight, it showed. Yeah, we’re really that good.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:42 am
I know one guy who can’t wait until Friday night – TJ is going to go completely off.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:42 am
Why’s the cat got a muffin top?
March 18th, 2012 at 12:44 am
We can’t keep letting teams push Davis away from the basket & making us just shoot 3′s if we’re going to go all the way.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:45 am
Just like 96. Avenge regular season loss,Lose conf. Tourney ,Kick ‘cuse’s ass to cut the nets down.Yea I’ll take that
March 18th, 2012 at 12:47 am
@4. We get it you dumb ass. You continue to tell us about freshman. Here is a FRESH idea, STFU. YOUR A TARD fan .
Your coach is on the tube, he is he finally is wearing his wrist band the doctors prescribed to him. Now that Karen is in jail his wrist hurts because he has to choke the chicken.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:51 am
#26 amen
March 18th, 2012 at 12:53 am
30- huh? what wrist band?
March 18th, 2012 at 12:53 am
Darius played like it was his last real game in the state of Kentucky or something
March 18th, 2012 at 12:54 am
The first thing that Cream will look at is the pile in his pants when he watches the CATS absolutly dismanteled ISU tonight. I think TJ will go off on the “Hosiers” and have one helluva night. GREAT GAME! GO CATS!!!!!!!!
March 18th, 2012 at 12:57 am
3 COGGLES to DIGGER.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:58 am
Anybody else spot Royce’s Minnesota Twins tattoo?
March 18th, 2012 at 12:58 am
#33 Didn’t even occur to me, but you’re right. Sure will miss him!
March 18th, 2012 at 12:59 am
HEY 28 IF THE REFS WOULD CALL THE PUSHING OF DAVIS A FOUL IT WOULDN’T BE A PROBLEM DUDE.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:00 am
#28 Not every team has a Royce White in fact no one has anything close. Yes Baylor and Mich state have good bigs but not like this freight train we faced tonight. #29 Cuse will never make it to the final. I think Davis needs to tell Watford a line from the Billie Jack movie and tell him you see that ball you know what I’m going to do just for the hell of it. When you shoot I’m going to block it about 30 feet to one of my teamates and watch them run down the floor and dunk it and then just walk away. Go big Blue ! Teague and Davis and Miller played awesome tonight ! These guys are fun to watch.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:00 am
IU fan here. Terrified? Not even close. Not many sports fans have gone through what Hoosier nation has. Our happiness is not about this game or tournament, per say, but what this year has meant as a whole after what we’ve been through. Although I hope we keep winning, it doesn’t really matter because we have shown the nation we are relevant..and we are back! UK fans…you cant take away you were the first stepping stone. The shot…that day… nothing you can do about it.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:02 am
Sweet 16! http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/417296_10151410749545637_543890636_23387188_347458565_n.jpg
March 18th, 2012 at 1:02 am
@32. The off white wrist / hand glove. I’m sure his presser is online by now. He has a heart / circulation problem. STD’ s will cause heart problems. You don’t have to look it up….I already have.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:03 am
4, guess what? You suck! You did! You have! And you always will! The sad part of it all, is that you’re on a UK web site, but yet you sit on ours. Not that I’m complaining, but I thought you could at least be swapping used chicken buckets instead coming to a UK site……But what the heck, The short bus will be departing soon…..hop aboard! I can’t wait until Friday…..CATS by 12!!!!!!!!
March 18th, 2012 at 1:04 am
Go CATS SPANK THAT CANDY STRIPE ASS.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:06 am
Our amazing team has been our amazing team all year. So Ill bring up another point. Would offering less “season ticket holders” at Rupp be more beneficial to UKs success. I’m betting crowds like this spend alot more money on souvenirs and make the arena true hell for anyone opposing us who steps inside. That attention could garner quite a bit of funds itself. Now, lets tear Indiana a new one. I cant stand a Hoosier.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:07 am
My first girlfriend was a CANDY stipper, what a puss is all I can say..
March 18th, 2012 at 1:08 am
I’m terrified of the Indiana game. I just see a repeat of uconn. Now, if I’m wrong I can totally live with being wrong….I just really don’t want to be right
March 18th, 2012 at 1:08 am
What a game!!! What an excellent effort!! The best game since beating Florida at Florida!! It feels good to get back on track!!! I do agree that Jones and Davis need to be more physical on the block!! Davis hit some sweet jumpers. GIVE ME DARIUS HITTING JUMPERS AND MKG PLAYING DEFENSE ALL DAY LONG!! THANK YOU DARIUS AND DORON!!!! I hope KWILTS back is ok!
March 18th, 2012 at 1:09 am
47- NO WORRIES. They don’t have Kemba!! NOT BEATING US TWICE!!
March 18th, 2012 at 1:10 am
#40 you seem like a respectable nice guy and I realize what your win against us did for your program. It also doesn’t change the fact that the commercial has ran about 5000 times and each of our players have all talked about it. Now your Hoosiers have to face our Cats in top form on a neutral floor. I’m anxious to see the line but I really in my heart I think Kentucky will win by 18 plus.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:12 am
40 – PUKE
March 18th, 2012 at 1:13 am
On MKG not scoring… I don’t get our offense. He’s not involved at all. Teague and AD pass it back and forth, before passing to Miller or Lamb to shoot. MKG might be our best player and yet he’s our 5th option on offense.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:15 am
52 – Offensively, he’s our 5th best option.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:19 am
You won’t shoot like that again Cats! I am coming for you. I will make Davis my bitch once again!
March 18th, 2012 at 1:21 am
Depends on the game for MKG and what defense there playing against us. He can drive better than anyone in the game (with the exception of maybe white) who we just beat.His points will come. I promise.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:22 am
I know White is a beast and one of the best big men we’ve faced all season, but no one has even mentioned Thomas Robinson from Kansas for some reason. Aside from Davis, Robinson is the best big man in the nation and we did play Kansas. Might play them again at that. Just throwin’ that out there since no one else mentioned him.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:23 am
#40 I truly am glad to see IU relevant and competitive again. I miss the rivalry years of the past when both programs were strong. Cream is a solid coach who has done a great job of rebuilding. Glad to see the Hoosiers in the Sweet 16. Having said that, though, my duty is now to wish that UK dismantles IU and sends em packing. Go Big BLUE!
March 18th, 2012 at 1:24 am
40, are you kidding me? You gone through what no one else had? Have you forgoten back in the late 80s and early 90s? We also were put on probation and in 92 was 2.1 seconds from going to the final four with no one on our team taller than 6’9″ and 80% of those were Kentucky kids. Had the refs been honest, we won the game with Latner being kicked out with stomping one of our kid’s chest on purpose.
But you’re correct on one thing though, there is not one cotton picking thing we can do to change the past…..but the future is another subject!
March 18th, 2012 at 1:26 am
# 54 bwa ha hahhahahahahahahahahahaha taking a breath and laughing again hehehehe haaaaaabwahahaaaaaaaa omg stop it my side is hurting from laughing. I’m glad you feel like your Indiana team has a chance. It will just make me smile more as I watch the Cats not just beat but thrash your Hoosiers. What the heck is a Hoosier anyway lmao ?
March 18th, 2012 at 1:28 am
What’s up with the lack of props to Miller in this write-up? 3 three’s? There was way more to his game than that!! Dude only answered White’s 2nd half punch in the mouth is all, and without his O and Jones’ D-ing it up on White this game was going the other way…
March 18th, 2012 at 1:36 am
#40….i appreciate what you say, but sounds like resignation to me.
#54….undoubtedly a case of hallucination (and i like the Zeller fellers.)
March 18th, 2012 at 1:53 am
The officiating was absolutely awful again tonight. Like many of you, I have also had enough of referees trying to influence and change the outcome of our games. It could not be more obvious. Just let our guys play for Christ sake. The game should be decided by the players, not referees. The officiating is getting worse every year.
March 18th, 2012 at 1:53 am
#58, you are so right brother!
March 18th, 2012 at 2:01 am
I’d hate to be the guy trying to build a game plan against this team. All of a sudden Teague rips one off, and all 6 starters are visibly capable of hanging 20 on you. Crean has his work cut out for him – it’s the defacto regional championship.
March 18th, 2012 at 2:15 am
40. I consider that a compliment to our program because it proves our relevance, which is still a relatively recent thing, considering the Final Four drought. Remember, we went through probation. We also had the Gillespie experiment. I bet soon, Cuse and UCLA are going to want to swap horror stories. You are far from the first team to rise from the ashes.
Oh, and only one shot against Kentucky can be truly called “the shot.” You can call it “that shot,” but we all know The Shot quite well.
March 18th, 2012 at 3:07 am
IU players and fans alike have to just be in complete trepidation-mode and it’s only going to get worse as the analysis of Sat-night’s game and dismantling of a great I-State team shows that while KentuckY played an amazing game, they actually can and are likely to play EVEN BETTER!
March 18th, 2012 at 3:15 am
What is sad is that I was truly happy that Indiana was making a resurgence in college basketball. The Cats playing them when I was a kid was always such a huge game, and I missed that rivalry. Then December 10th came and we were reminded of what jackasses that IU fans are. I hope we beat them by 40. FU IU
March 18th, 2012 at 3:18 am
Indiana and Baylor might be 2 of the most completely opposite teams and playing styles.
Pretty fun to see how this team handles all the random defense and offense schemes thrown at them
and adjust.
Btw, Davis didn’t have an off game. He was drawing everyone inside so our perimeter shooters (all if them) could go off! That was the plan, and it was executed perfectly.
March 18th, 2012 at 3:28 am
I can’t go to regionals. Selling 3 tickets, section 119 row 6, for both sessions on ebay. Seller jwshot1. Hope it’s a Kentucky fan that buys them.
March 18th, 2012 at 3:42 am
Anyone else see Royce White look at Davis and say “I’m the better player” after a dunk in the second half when the game was close? The game wasn’t close long after that. Don’t get this team fired up because there isn’t a team out there that can deal with them then.
March 18th, 2012 at 3:59 am
@58. Apparently you don’t understand what not many means. yes you all had it rough. you wanna play 1 up. We only had 2 returning players when Crean took over. They were both walk-ons who had a career average of 2.1 points……combined. Zeller is our first guy above 6’9 since Crean got here. he gave a kid from the baseball a team jersey…and the team manager. he came in late so all the junior senior recruits had been taken plus he could not hardly recruit because of sanctions. All he had was V.Jones, the rest were guys he scrapped together form around the state. Course playing with 80% Indiana kids is different than playing with 80% Kentucky kids, the ones we had weren’t ones that would be playing in D1. Crean took the long path of not getting transferred players and Juco;s and concentrated on getting the best Indiana players which he has done. The future looks very bright.
March 18th, 2012 at 5:26 am
@62 You are absolutely right! I am not one to normally complain or make excuses, but the officiating was so blatantly biased that it seems that something needs to be done about it, and soon. Royce White was getting away with MURDER last night and would not have had the game he did had the refs held the same standards for him as they did for our ENTIRE Team! How many touch fouls were called last night on our boys while Royce was pushing, mugging and hacking everyone that got in his way.Truly pathetic, we not only had to contend with Iowa State but we had to fight against the Zebras last night too, it makes me sick that they can get away with this!
March 18th, 2012 at 5:50 am
I’m not sure if meh is an actual word, but if it is it may be the most annoying one in any language.
March 18th, 2012 at 6:45 am
71…I’m sorry but its as if your sitting at a bar crying about the past. But the bartender in here has been there and then some. Note: See the post Sutton years and how we rebounded in 1989-90 as an example. Even then, we showed the basketball world that we can shake off the bad and start again. To a defree, we did it after Clyde left. OK, glad your team has gotten better with Crean. But, ya need to quit sobbing and justifying your pride over the past crap. Hell, even when you were a decent team before Sampson…Bobby Knight was doing shit to players (and fans) that should have put him in jail. Every1 knows it.
In reality we want to dismantle you in Catlanta….period.
March 18th, 2012 at 6:51 am
UK vs. IU -
UK has better defense
IU shoots better
UK is faster
IU fans are ugly
IU’s coach looks like a guy that kills small animals and women
Not sure what the above data proves come tournament time, but go Big Blue!
March 18th, 2012 at 7:15 am
Big deal #40, post on here after the NEXT game. Go home with Tom Cream and your indiana loosers.
March 18th, 2012 at 7:38 am
TJ was Royced all night….for some reason he got intimidated by that guy, and it got in his head and rendered him almost useless except for rebounding which he did very well. We still need to find out why MKG has been rendered offensively neutered since starting the playoffs.
March 18th, 2012 at 8:12 am
77- TJ got in foul trouble and just wasn’t the Ho hand is all back off TJ u shi t eater. TJ is my boy I’m tu
Ired of drags like u trying to get in his head.
TJ gonna go for 40 against iu bi tch
March 18th, 2012 at 8:28 am
#78-Hold on. We are waiting for our on call interpreter to decipher your message. Who knows-it may even make sense!
March 18th, 2012 at 8:34 am
@ 71, I love IU fans like you. Too funny. You pretend your coach has “done great things”. It took him four years to make the NCAA Tournament…. Almost any coach in America could take a team to a Tournament within four years. With IU being what they have (cheaters, supporting a coach who beat players), maybe if he makes the Tournament next year, you’ll name a building after Tom-boy.
March 18th, 2012 at 8:36 am
From what I have been reading, all of our players are really mad about the IU/UK ESPN commercial and are planning on destroying the hoosiers. I expect TJ and everyone to go off on the hoosiers big time and I agree with #14′s post that a 24 point win is definitely a possibility. I don’t see the cats taking their feet off the accelerator on this one.
March 18th, 2012 at 8:41 am
IU and IU fans are a thing of the past. When you call the “9th game of the season” the “shot”, says a lot about where your program is.
March 18th, 2012 at 8:42 am
To #40:
You guys beat us at the only time this team could lose, early in the season, on the road, and still learning Cal’s system. Cats played a horrible game, couldn’t even hit free throws, allowed open 3 point shots and in a hostile arena first game on the road. So all that said it took a 3 point shot at the buzzer to beat us. Now do you think all that will happen again? I don’t and neither does TJ!
March 18th, 2012 at 8:42 am
Kentucky beats Indiana by 20, just hope they don’t use everything left in the tank doing so. They want IU so bad, I’m just scared of a slip up in the game after.
March 18th, 2012 at 8:49 am
Catlanta is the X factor……I think Coach K needed some tissues before his interview Friday night…..UK win + Dukie Loss = Great Weekend !!!
March 18th, 2012 at 8:50 am
To everyone who says ‘we shot too many 3′s’, I say:
That’s what ISU gave us. They decided to clog up the middle and make us prove we could either force it inside or beat them from the outside. Since we’re Top 50 in the country in 3P %, we decided to give it a shot.
How did it work out for us?
March 18th, 2012 at 8:52 am
Poorly written. “Three’s?” C’mon!
March 18th, 2012 at 8:57 am
84–damn dude, don’t worry about anything past indiana.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:02 am
I H8 IU.
LB IU 2 DEATH
Can’t W8
4 #8
March 18th, 2012 at 9:12 am
We CANNOT overhype this game and blow our proverbial load on this game and tank… Like we did the UNC game. I’m kind of worried, not about IU but the team after, whoever it is. If they get up for this one, I don’t want to culminate this season on revenge. Keep it in perspective folks! Its a “3rd” 4th round game. It’s not the title yet!
March 18th, 2012 at 9:14 am
Matt Jones is a suck ass. Yum! Center the gold standard of basketball? That’s like saying Pitino hair plugs are the gold standard of fake hair.
The seating is great. No bad view, even in section 329, row Q where my dad I were seated.
Getting to the seats is another matter. The steps are way too steep, which is bad for older people or disabled people.
Getting in and out is a complete joke. There’s basically just four ways in or out. Rupp and Freedom Hall have dozens of entrances and exits.
Food is always high at games, even at Rupp. Yum! Center takes the prices to a whole new level. $6 for once scoop of ice cream? Does one of UofL’s hot dance team members give me a lap dance with that?
Most of the people working there are rude. Reminds me of how ghetto my home city is.
Gold standard? I give it 6.5 out of 10. That’s being kind.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:16 am
my name says it all
March 18th, 2012 at 9:24 am
91- you’re the only one. That place is tits, man.
And if you want to see what truly steep steps look like, head to Nashville and get you some tickets in the upper bowl. You’ll be wishing for the YUM! stairs by the time you reach the top and your shins will hate your guts.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:25 am
I don’t usually post on other teams’ websites, but as an IU fan I’m not scared. If we lose, we lose, we’ve far exceeded everyone’s expectations and everything else is icing on the cake. I think we can all agree that UK is better but it is March and IU is pretty darn good as well. I just can’t wait for the game because it just might be the most intense game we’ve ever seen.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:38 am
Maybe if KSR required accounts, the quality of comments would improve. Less childish, fewer trolls.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:38 am
Some serious hate from Bill Rhoden on Sports Reporters. Trashing one and dones and Calipari. Another guy on the show completely defended UK and Calipari.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:40 am
19 assists
March 18th, 2012 at 9:40 am
I have a feeling IU (and its fans) is going to spend a lot of time wishing Watford’s shot had clanked off the rim…..
March 18th, 2012 at 9:42 am
If UK had won the game, IU would have a bit of an advantage in the rematch. Now, IU really has nothing, and that includes a prayer of winning.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:43 am
Where can I buy a pair of blue three goggles?
March 18th, 2012 at 9:45 am
“How often does a team have a chance to enact payback on a team in the same season?”
Well, UK lost 8 regular season games last year and avenged 6 of them. They could have gotten a total of 8 with wins over Uconn and WVU.
I mean, you asked.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:47 am
@ 93, Matt Jones is a suck ass. He thanked UofL for allowing us to play in the Yum! Center. That wasn’t UofL’s call. That was the NCAA’s call. If the NCAA would have placed UK in Portland, would Jones be kissing the Oregon Ducks’ ass? I’m guessing yes.
BTW, I am not sure where in Portland UofL is playing. The Oregon Ducks comment was a joke, but my point is clear.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:50 am
102- If you say so, but that doesn’t change the fact that the Yum! is an excellent arena. I hate UL, but they have a badass arena, for sure.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:52 am
I’ll say this, I enjoyed myself so much yesterday that I’m already saving for the UK regular season game there next year.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:53 am
I want us to steamroll through the entire tournament! I hope we don’t take any game for granted and crush everyone in our way. Its definitely much less stressful and more enjoyable to me to watch four more blow outs.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:56 am
Is it possible that Indiana winds the game in Altanta? Sure it is. Will that happen? Probably not. If you look at the game in Blowmeington, IU shot out of their … shorts for the game and they had an energized crowd. Anthony Davis wasn’t much of a factor with the foul trouble, Terrance Jones was in his awol funk. AD has developed into the best player in the country, very seldom gets in foul trouble, TJ has returned to the MAN that we expected to see all year, Teague has settled into a more consistent point guard setting up the 3 point shooters Doron, Darius and Kyle. Kentucky by 12 – 16 points.
March 18th, 2012 at 9:59 am
@ 94, don’t listen to the UK fans here. These type of fans are what make all fans look bad. Some are calling for a 20 point win against IU. So far UK hasn’t won either tournament game by more than 16.
I personally think UK will beat IU. I won’t however, sit here and say UK 96, IU 71 like the people here on KSR do.
IU is about one good recruit away from being a legit top 10 team.
UK under coach Cal is back in the spotlight. If his players actually stayed, UK would be cutting down nets almost yearly.
For the record, I’m saying UK 72, IU 66 on Friday.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:01 am
Bill Rhoden is just one of many haters. I can’t wait to hang #8 and shut these talking heads up. If he knew anything about our situation I might actually give a crap about what he says. but like most, he is uninformed and just uses buzz words like “one and dones” and that uk is a “NBA finishing school”. He said that doing what Brandon Jennings did and go to Europe for a year was better than going to college for a year. idiot.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:02 am
Finally happy with losing to Indiana on December 10. If we would’ve won that game I’d feel less confident about the upcoming matchup. Look for Gillie the Kid and jones to step up in this one.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:08 am
“Pride comes before a fall” Those are words of wisdom.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:10 am
CATS 85 IU 66
March 18th, 2012 at 10:16 am
101- last years team beat wvu after princeton. i mean, just saying
March 18th, 2012 at 10:17 am
112- right, but WVU was a loss from the previous year, not the current season.
Just saying, again.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:25 am
lol but u said “could have gotten a total of 8 with wins over uconn and wvu”. confused me because they did have a win over wvu.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:32 am
Bad phrasing on my part, I guess. I was insinuating that the win over WVU could have been a 7th if they’d lost to WVU in that same calendar year, not the year prior. And since they did lose to Uconn, I just lumped them into the same phrase to save typing. A lot of good that did, eh?
March 18th, 2012 at 11:14 am
I love it the way everyone dogs Coach Cal for recruiting one and done players. Do they think that he is the only one that is recruiting these kids? Every school in the country are trying to convince these same prospects to come to their school. Difference is, Coach Cal is getting them.
March 18th, 2012 at 11:20 am
40 I respect your comment but there’s just one thing you need to keep in mind. After we stomp your a$$ on Friday and end Indiana’s season and prevent you from going to the Elite 8 and possible Final 4 in who knows how many yrs, all your regular season win and that last sec shot will amount to and BE REMEMBERED AS was the little extra motivation Kentucky needed WHEN IT REALLY MATTERED.
March 18th, 2012 at 11:28 am
If we can get three fouls on Davis again in the first few minutes we will win this game
March 18th, 2012 at 11:31 am
YUM center is gold standard if your in lower level. Upper level is steep and no leg room(I’m 5’9″) at all. Watched Thur UK game in upper and Iowa St and UCONN in lower level.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
#40- whatever!!! You still are not relevant. It takes a lot more than a December win to be relevant. By the way.. Whats Idiot University’s record since that game????? Yeah.. I thought so!
Win the next one.. Then call your pathetic little bunch of trolls relevant. Not happening!
March 18th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Gold Standard for College Basketball arenas. The new Amway center in Orlando is spectacular.
March 18th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
@95, relax – and troll with the punches…and lunch lines.
Gannett recently led with that thought process. Ask them how its working out.
Declines in an already declining market?
Why so serious?
DO NOT EXCLUDE!
As a rule: ALWAYS INCLUDE.
March 18th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
I know Cory Crowder. He was a great player for KWC. played In the NBA. His son is better. that said a lot.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
I’m not expecting a thrashing, but I do expect we will win by 10-15 and the chance of 20+ is greater than a loss. Catlanta is going to be thumping.
There’s no major obstacles left in our way, with all the injuries, upsets and casualties. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
March 19th, 2012 at 5:21 am
Hey # 2/BigBlue! No one cares. Give all the credit that your heart desires. Just do it on a Dirty Bird site.
Royce Whiteis further proof that Ten Loss Tubby still sucks balls.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
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March 19th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Funny how the media during the game never mentioned Royce White getting tossed by Tubby.
Stole a laptop I believe was the case…
Hell of a player, but bad as a thief..
March 19th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
Ok so I am thinking about removing my blog from Tumbler and get it to a WordPress site. I think this is a wordpress website right? If it is, may I ask where you got the theme? Thanks a bunch!
March 20th, 2012 at 8:55 am
You can say the YUM Center is the gold standard for arenas now, but they could certainly use some better logistics in herding people out – we left the BYU vs Marquette game a couple of minutes before it ended and were forced out an access stair on the river side of the arena directly into what was apparently a smoking area just outside for arena workers – there had to have been about 25-30 of them sitting on the steps smoking (so we were forced to walk through a cloud of smoke). Also, there were a couple (one lady in particular) who was belligerent in berating UK fans, reminding us to “Remember where the hell you at blue nations” a number of times. So Matt/Stuart, while the arena is impressive, and has good views of the court pretty much everywhere, it DOES have its blemishes.